The Briary Bush: A Novel

CHAPTER I FELIX DECIDES TO CHANGE HIS CHARACTER 3 II “BON VOYAGE!” 9 III PLANS 22 IV SURPRISES 28 V THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE 37 VI A GUIDE TO CHICAGO 47 VII WORK AND PLAY 52 V...

XLI CHANGES 271 XLII AN APPARITION 275 XLIII NOCTURNE 280 XLIV AUBADE 292 XLV FOURSOME 297 XLVI THE REHEARSAL 307 XLVII GYGE’S RING 312 XLVIII DREAM-TRYST 317 XLIX A MATTER OF C...

LV THE CONSOLATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY 363 LVI EULENSPIEGEL 371 LVII THREE DAYS 380 LVIII RENDEZVOUS 385 LIX UNANSWERED QUESTIONS 394 LX A LEAVE-TAKING 397 LXI TWO MEN DISCUSS A GIRL...

Felix Fay saw with his mind’s eye the map on the wall of the railway station—the map with a picture of iron roads from all over the middle west centering in a dark blotch in the...

FELIX began the task of forgetting—a task for youth in its most fantastically stern mood:—of trying to forget that unforgettable moment on the station platform with Rose-Ann. Or...

ROSE-ANN came to the hospital that afternoon—when he first saw her, she was walking down the aisle with the young hospital doctor, and he was pointing casually in Felix’s direct...

WHEN they took the train to town on Monday morning, the question of where they were to live was still undecided. Rose-Ann had put the matter unreservedly in Felix’s hands; she h...

His economic status, moreover, even upon Clive’s calculations, was secure for another year at least. And he was writing again, this time to please himself. Rose-Ann should have...

COMING out on the street, swinging his stick, Felix was vividly conscious of the outer world—it was as if the curtain had just risen upon a stage scene. The shapes of the trees...