# The Cottage of Delight: A Novel Author: Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel), 1858-1919 Genre: Category: Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33715 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Cottage+of+Delight%3A+A+Novel+Harben&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary John Trott waked that morning at five o'clock. Whether it was due to the mere habit of a working-man or the blowing of the hoarse and mellow whistle at the great cotton-mills beyond the low, undulating hills half a mile away he did not know, but for several years the whistle had been his summons from a state of dead slumber to a day of toil. The morning was cloudy and dark, so he lighted a dingy oil-lamp with a cracked and smoked chimney, and in its dim glow drew on his coarse lime-and-mortar-splotched shirt and overalls. The cheap cotton socks he put on had holes at the heels and toes; his leather belt had broken and was tied with a piece of twine; his shoes were quite new and furnished... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/21/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/48/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/31/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/57/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/30/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/18/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/29/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/39/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/55/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/38/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/44/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/36/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/51/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/52/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/25/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/27/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/37/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/16/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/28/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/53/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/43/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/14/index.md) - [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/15/index.md) - [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/54/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/32/index.md) - [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/1/index.md) - [CHAPTER XL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/40/index.md) - [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/46/index.md) - [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/49/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/17/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/19/index.md) - [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/47/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/23/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/41/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/24/index.md) - [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/42/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/33/index.md) - [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/20/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/13/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/34/index.md) - [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/59/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/11/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/56/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/35/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/58/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/26/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/22/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/50/index.md) - [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cottage-of-delight-a-novel-33715/chapters/45/index.md)