# The Bread-winners: A Social Study

Author: Hay, John, 1838-1905

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16321

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Bread-winners%3A+A+Social+Study+Hay&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

A French clock on the mantel-piece, framed of brass and crystal, which betrayed its inner structure as the transparent sides of some insects betray their vital processes, struck ten with the mellow and lingering clangor of a distant cathedral bell. A gentleman, who was seated in front of the fire reading a newspaper, looked up at the clock to see what hour it was, to save himself the trouble of counting the slow, musical strokes. The eyes he raised were light gray, with a blue glint of steel in them, shaded by lashes as black as jet. The hair was also as black as hair can be, and was parted near the middle of his forehead. It was inclined to curl, but had not the length required by this i...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bread-winners-a-social-study-16321/chapters/20/index.md)