BOOK ONE: CHALLENGING THE IDEA OF CHASTITY

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I. WE DISCUSS THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARENTS AND CRITICS 3

II. I MEDITATE, IN FRONT OF A BOOKCASE, ON SCOTT, JANE AUSTEN, CHARLOTTE BRONTË, AND THE GOOD VICTORIANS 17

III. H. G. WELLS, GALSWORTHY, MAY SINCLAIR, J. D. BERESFORD 27

IV. SEVEN REASONS FOR MR. HERGESHEIMER, D. H. LAWRENCE, AND THE EMETIC SCHOOL 35

V. WE DISCUSS MARRIAGE AND THE HOPE OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION 48