Evan Harrington: A Novel

George Meredith

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896 - Debt - 472 pages

A son of a fashionable tailor, brought up with aristocratic tastes, suddenly finds himself saddled with the responsibility of his father's debts.

Contents

• CHAP PAGE I ABOVE BUTTONS: 1
• THE HERITAGE OF THE SON: 8
• THE DAUGHTERS OF THE SHEARS: 16
• ON BOARD THE JOCASTA: 25
• THE FAMILY AND THE FUNERAL: 40
• MY GENTLEMAN ON THE ROAD: 49
• MOTHER AND SON: 57
• INTRODUCES AN ECCENTRIC: 71
• THE COUNTESS IN LOW SOCIETY: 84
• MY GENTLEMAN ON THE ROAD AGAIN: 96
• DOINGS AT AN INN: 105
• IN WHICH ALE IS SHOWN TO HAVE ONE QUALITY OF WINE: 113
• THE MATCH OF FALLOWFIELD AGAINST BECKLEY: 124
• THE COUNTESS DESCRIBES THE FIELD OF ACTION: 143
• A CAPTURE: 154
• LEADS TO A SMALL SKIRMISH BETWEEN ROSE AND EVAN: 161
• IN WHICH EVAN WRITES HIMSELF TAILOR: 171
• IN WHICH EVAN CALLS HIMSELF GENTLEMAN: 184
• CHAP PAGE XIX SECOND DESPATCH OF THE COUNTESS: 200
• BREAKNECK LEAP: 206
• TRIBULATIONS AND TACTICS OF THE COUNTESS 214 1: 214
• IN WHICH THE DAUGHTERS OF THE GREAT MEL HAVE TO DIGEST HIM AT DINNER: 224
• TREATS OF A HANDKERCHIEF: 235
• THE COUNTESS MAKES HERSELF FELT: 243
• IN WHICH THE STREAM FLOWS MUDDY AND CLEAR: 251
• MRS MEL MAKES A BED FOR HERSELF AND FAMILY: 265
• EXHIBITS ROSES GENERALSHIP EVANS PER FORMANCE ON THE SECOND FIDDLE AND THE WRETCHEDNESS OF THE COUNTESS: 279
• TOM COGGLESBYS PROPOSITION: 290
• PRELUDE TO AN ENGAGEMENT: 297
• THE BATTLE OF THE BULLDOGS PART I: 312
• THE BATTLE OF THE BULLDOGS PART II: 327
• IN WHICH EVANS LIGHT BEGINS TO TWINKLE AGAIN: 340
• THE HERO TAKES HIS RANK IN THE ORCHESTRA: 351
• A PAGAN SACRIFICE: 364
• ROSE WOUNDED: 372
• BEFORE BREAKFAST: 376
• THE RETREAT FROM BECKLEY: 382
• IN WHICH WE HAVE TO SEE IN THE DARK: 395
• IN THE DOMAIN OF TAILORDOM: 401
• IN WHICH THE COUNTESS STILL SCENTS GAME: 408
• JULIANA: 428
• CONTAINS A WARNING TO ALL CONSPIRATORS: 439
• IN WHICH THE SHOP BECOMES THE CENTRE: 452
• A LOVERS PARTING: 461
• A YEAR LATER THE COUNTESS DE SALDAR: 469

Bibliographic information

• Title: Evan Harrington: A Novel; His Works. Pocket ed; The Boxhill Edition, . George Meredith; The works of George Meredith, The Boxhill edition in 17 volumes; Works, George Meredith; [The works of George Meredith. The Boxhill edition]
• Author: George Meredith
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Jan 23, 2019
• Length: 472 pages