# Futility

Author: Gerhardie, William Alexander, 1895-1977; Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 [Author of introduction, etc.]

Genre: Historical fiction

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77253

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Futility+Gerhardie&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

And then it struck me that the only thing to do was to fit all this into a book. It is the classic way of treating life. For my ineffectual return to Vladivostok is the effectual conclusion of my theme. And the harbour has been strangely, knowingly responsive. It has sounded the note of departure, and the tall stone houses of the port seem to brood as I walk below, and “set the tone.” And because of this and the sense that I am marking time till the big steamer comes and bears me home to England I am eagerly retrospective....

## Chapters

- [PART III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/futility-77253/chapters/3/index.md)
- [PART I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/futility-77253/chapters/1/index.md)
- [PART IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/futility-77253/chapters/4/index.md)
- [PART II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/futility-77253/chapters/2/index.md)