Diana of the Crossways

Diana of the Crossways,
Complete,
by George Meredith

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Title: Diana of the Crossways, Complete
Author: George Meredith
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DIANA OF THE CROSSWAYS
By George Meredith
1897

CONTENTS
BOOK 1. I. OF DIARIES AND DIARISTS TOUCHING THE
HEROINE II. AN IRISH BALL III. THE INTERIOR OF MR.
REDWORTH AND THE EXTERIOR OF MR. SULLIVAN SMITH
IV. CONTAINING HINTS OF DIANA'S EXPERIENCES AND OF
WHAT THEY LED TO V. CONCERNING THE SCRUPULOUS
GENTLEMAN WHO CAME TOO LATE . VI. THE COUPLE VII.
THE CRISIS VIII. IN WHICH IS EXHIBITED HOW A PRACTICAL
MAN AND A DIVINING WOMAN LEARN TO RESPECT ONE
ANOTHER
BOOK 2. IX. SHOWS HOW A POSITION OF DELICACY FOR A
LADY AND GENTLEMAN WAS MET IN SIMPLE FASHION
WITHOUT HURT TO EITHER. X. THE CONFLICT OF THE
NIGHT XI. RECOUNTS THE JOURNEY IN A CHARIOT, WITH A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DIALOGUE, AND A SMALL INCIDENT
ON THE ROAD XII. BETWEEN EMMA AND DIANA XIII.
TOUCHING THE FIRST DAYS OF HER PROBATION XIV.
GIVING GLIMPSES OF DIANA UNDER HER CLOUD BEFORE
THE WORLD AND OF HER FURTHER APPRENTICESHIP XV.

INTRODUCES THE HON. PERCY DACIER XVI. TREATS OF A
MIDNIGHT BELL, AND OF A SCENE OF EARLY MORNING
XVII. THE PRINCESS EGERIA
BOOK 3. XVIII. THE AUTHORESS XIX. A DRIVE IN SUNLIGHT
AND A DRIVE IN MOONLIGHT XX. DIANA'S NIGHT-WATCH
IN THE CHAMBER OF DEATH XXI. THE YOUNG MINISTER OF
STATE XXII. BETWEEN DIANA AND DACIER : THE WIND
EAST OVER BLEAK LAND XXIII. RECORDS A VISIT TO DIANA
FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S GOOD WOMEN XXIV.
INDICATES A SOUL PREPARED FOR DESPERATION XXV.
ONCE MORE THE CROSSWAYS AND A CHANGE OF
TURNINGS XXVI. IN WHICH A DISAPPOINTED LOVER
RECEIVES A MULTITUDE OF LESSONS
BOOK 5. XXXVI. IS CONCLUSIVE AS TO THE
HEARTLESSNESS OF WOMEN WITH BRAINS XXXVII. AN
EXHIBITION OF SOME CHAMPIONS OF THE STRICKEN LADY
XXXVIII. CONVALESCENCE OF A HEALTHY MIND
DISTRAUGHT XXXIX. OF NATURE WITH ONE OF HER
CULTIVATED DAUGHTERS AND A SHORT EXCURSION IN
ANTI-CLIMAX XL. IN WHICH WE SEE NATURE MAKING OF A
WOMAN A MAID AGAIN, AND A THRICE WHIMSICAL XLI.
CONTAINS A REVELATION OF THE ORIGIN OF THE TIGRESS
IN DIANA XLII. THE PENULTIMATE : SHOWING A FINAL
STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY AND RUN INTO HARNESS XLIII.
NUPTIAL CHAPTER: AND OF HOW