Category: Novels
I. Introductory II. Concerning James III. First Impressions IV. Sixpences V. The Hypocrites VI. Conatus VII. On The Properties of Water VIII. The Way of the East IX. The 'Pothecary X. The Mother's Trade Union XI. The Diagnosis XII. The Tuskers XIII. Art Lovers XIV. Three Babie...
I. Introductory II. Concerning James III. First Impressions IV. Sixpences V. The Hypocrites VI. Conatus VII. On The Properties of Water VIII. The Way of the East IX. The 'Pothec...
2. Part 2The girl, as she spoke, looked very "nice" and English: she was feeding Sunshine from a fork. I began to wonder whether it was actually possible that she did not realise the hor...
3. Part 3Chide, taking the cigarette from her lips, placed it between his, which silenced them. And then she took his hands, and with a little laugh--the same old creak of a laugh--she w...
4. Part 4"He writes, does he?" said the 'Pothecary. (I think that the question must have applied to your servant.) "He would. Of course he would. Quite naturally. Just so. Of course. Som...
5. Part 5At the end of an hour the soldier was asked to stand up and drink beer out of a jug, a function which he performed with very tolerable grace. He was then allowed to go home.
6. Part 6Baffin tried to resume work on the picture; but Prudence's gifts of anecdote were as yet unexhausted, and she found it necessary to tell what Mr. Wilberforce Baker had said to M...
7. Part 7"What I require, old girl," said Doctor Brink, rising slowly to his feet, "is a job in the City. I want to try a new system of exploitation. My game's too deadly simple: I'm tir...
8. Part 8"Yes," said Prudence. And the lollipop was "got rid of" of by a simple and effective means. "I _should_ laugh if someone was to tread on it," observed Prudence. "If my mother wa...
9. Part 9I hastened to reply with civility to Mrs. Roper's question, for that lady had just sold to me for ninepence an ancient brass tobacco jar, which expert opinion has since valued a...
10. Part 10THE WIFE: The 'ardware, Doctor: joiners' bits and carpenters' tools, and knives and 'and-saws. It's bin a fancy of 'is'n since boy'ood up. That's the meaning of this short'and....
11. Part 11"Powder? Syrup?" echoes the matron. "H'm! Pity you can't give 'im a corfin. That's the on'y treatment what'll give any peace to _this_ pore little swine. What mercy, _I_ say, is...
12. Part 12"Biceps, ole love. For pullin' teeth. My name is William Dawkins, and when I does a job I does it thorough. What's the good o' makin' two journeys if you can do yere business in...
13. Part 13"Rubbutch!" she repeated. "Vat you vanter see me tongue for? Do I keep me spirits on me tongue, then? I gut low spirits, I tell you, and the indigistions. Vat I vant is a Noirve...