Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Much Ado About Something

I. DOWN FAIRYLAND WAY II. THE MADNESS OF JUNE III. PARADISE COURT IV. COCKNEYDOM V. TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND VI. POST-PRANDIAL VII. ARCHIDIACONAL FUNCTIONS VIII. MAN AND SUPERMAN IX. THE PROGRESS OF OBERON X. THE IMPORTANCE OF BIM XI. A PROSE INTERLUDE XII. A NIGHT OUT XIII. IN SO...

Chapters

3. Part 3

Ordinarily sleep comes to fairies as it comes to birds, instantly and absolutely. But now June could not lose herself in its blessed forgetfulness. For a very long time she lay...

7. Part 7

"Exthactly! Oh! ith jutht the word. Mithter Buthkin, I'm glad to thee you. We're old acquaintanthes, we are, although you may not know it! You ask my daughter 'Annah 'ow much in...

2. Part 2

Dawn came creeping up. The moon grew pale with annoyance that daylight was coming to close the revels. The more timid of the stars closed eyes and went to sleep. Only the boldes...

5. Part 5

"My lords and gentlemen, I have not forgotten the toast I am asking you to drink. 'The Commerce of London' is a mighty fact, a tribute to our national energies and honourable na...

9. Part 9

Bim became furious. He ran at full speed along the Embankment, viciously poking with his wand every love-lorn pair: and on, through Story's Gate into St. James's Park. As he wen...

8. Part 8

And virtue brought other rewards--as it must do in a properly regulated existence. Emmanuel gave and gave, and still had a golden reservoir of wealth for capital use and enjoyment.

6. Part 6

Her wings did not cease their beating till she was out of the haze, breathing again the untroubled air which is, indeed, to men and to fairies, life. Then resting on wings outsp...

11. Part 11

As Geoffrey Season wended his way from Armingham House to Liberty Hall, June kept his thoughts busy. That was an opportunity for profitable self-examination, which she took care...

10. Part 10

"I was there, Sir Claude. It was a wonderful occasion. The place seemed charmed, enchanted. Everyone of the company--City magnates, practical men, merchants, and so on--made res...

4. Part 4

He rose, chuckled violently and rattled his golden watch-chain. Max took the card and read it. It was an invitation to dine with the Lord Mayor and some representatives of comme...

1. Part 1

I. DOWN FAIRYLAND WAY II. THE MADNESS OF JUNE III. PARADISE COURT IV. COCKNEYDOM V. TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND VI. POST-PRANDIAL VII. ARCHIDIACONAL FUNCTIONS VIII. MAN AND SUPERMAN IX...

15. Part 15

February had arrived; and midway through the despised, misunderstood month, the Houses of Parliament met. Writs to fill vacant seats were moved for. Geoffrey Season was back at...

13. Part 13

June, who had felt some awe for the high-collar pride of little Londoners, seeing this triumph of geniality, this evidence of the lessening of two-penny vanity, sang joy-songs,...

14. Part 14

There was a weight of meaning in the interjection. Not for the eighth of an instant had Mrs. Moss dreamed that the supremely exclusive Duchess of Armingham could truly sympathiz...

12. Part 12

The new-come fairies, during those weeks, went through a severe ordeal. It was a bad business, that dull grind amongst ugly ways and dead ideals, when the birds and the flowers...

16. Part 16

London became worthier still of its various newcomers. It cleaned and decked itself so rapidly that far-travelled sailormen, returning to the Pool after merely a month of absenc...