The Amazing Marriage

The Amazing Marriage

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Title: The Amazing Marriage, Complete
Author: George Meredith
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THE AMAZING MARRIAGE
By George Meredith
1895

CONTENTS:
BOOK 1. I. ENTER DAME GOSSIP AS CHORUS II. MISTRESS

GOSSIP TELLS OF THE ELOPEMENT OF THE COUNTESS OF
CRESSETT WITH THE OLD BUCCANEER, AND OF CHARLES
DUMP THE POSTILLION CONDUCTING THEM, AND OF A
GREAT COUNTY FAMILY III. CONTINUATION OF THE
INTRODUCTORY MEANDERINGS OF DAME GOSSIP,
TOGETHER WITH HER SUDDEN EXTINCTION IV. MORNING
AND FAREWELL TO AN OLD HOME V. A MOUNTAIN WALK
IN MIST AND SUNSHINE VI. THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHER VII.
THE LADY'S LETTER VIII. OF THE ENCOUNTER OF TWO
STRANGE YOUNG MEN AND THEIR CONSORTING: IN WHICH
THE MALE READER IS REQUESTED TO BEAR IN MIND WHAT
WILD CREATURE HE WAS IN HIS YOUTH, WHILE THE
FEMALE SHOULD MARVEL CREDULOUSLY IX. CONCERNING
THE BLACK GODDESS FORTUNE AND THE WORSHIP OF HER,
TOGETHER WITH AN INTRODUCTION OF SOME OF HER
VOTARIES
BOOK 2. X. SMALL CAUSES XI. THE PRISONER OF HIS WORD
XII. HENRIETTA'S LETTER TREATING OF THE GREAT EVENT
XIII. AN IRRUPTION OF MISTRESS GOSSIP IN BREACH OF
THE CONVENTION XIV. A PENDANT OF THE FOREGOING XV.
OPENING STAGE OF THE HONEYMOON XVI. IN WHICH THE
BRIDE FROM FOREIGN PARTS IS GIVEN A TASTE OF OLD
ENGLAND XVII. RECORDS A SHADOW CONTEST CLOSE ON
THE FOREGOING XVIII. DOWN WHITECHAPEL WAY XIX. THE
GIRL MADGE
BOOK 3. XX. STUDIES IN FOG, GOUT, AN OLD SEAMAN, A
LOVELY SERPENT, AND THE MORAL EFFECTS THAT MAY
COME OF A BORROWED SHIRT XXI. IN WHICH WE HAVE
FURTHER GLIMPSES OF THE WONDROUS MECHANISM OF
OUR YOUNGER MAN XXII. A RIGHT-MINDED GREAT LADY
XXIII. IN DAME GOSSIP'S VEIN XXIV. A KIDNAPPING AND NO
GREAT HARM XXV. THE PHILOSOPHER MAN OF ACTION
XXVI. AFTER SOME FENCING THE DAME PASSES OUR
GUARD XXVII. WE DESCEND INTO A STEAMER'S
ENGINE-ROOM XXVIII. BY CONCESSIONS TO MISTRESS
GOSSIP A FURTHER INTRUSION IS AVERTED
BOOK 4. XXIX. CARINTHIA IN WALES XXX. REBECCA

WYTHAN XXXI. WE HAVE AGAIN TO DEAL WITH THE
EXAMPLES OF OUR YOUNGER MAN XXXII. IN WHICH WE
SEE CARINTHIA PUT IN PRACTICE ONE OF HER OLD
FATHER'S LESSONS XXXIII. A FRIGHTFUL DEBATE XXXIV. A
SURVEY OF THE RIDE OF THE WELSH CAVALIERS
ESCORTING THE COUNTESS OF FLEETWOOD TO KENTISH
ESSLEMONT XXXV. IN WHICH