# The Rock Ahead: A Novel. (Vol. 1)

Author: Yates, Edmund, 1831-1894

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59911

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Rock+Ahead%3A+A+Novel.+%28Vol.+1%29+Yates&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Hot in Brighton, very hot. The August sun reflected off white-chalk cliff and red-brick pavement, and the sea shining and sparkling like a sapphire; the statue of George the Fourth, in its robe of verdigris, looking on in blighted perspiration at the cabmen at its base, as though imploring a drink; the cabmen lolling undemonstratively on the boxes of their vehicles, not seeking for employment, and--partly by reason of the heat, but more, perhaps in consequence of the money received recently at the races--rather annoyed than otherwise when their services were called into requisition. For the Brighton races had just taken place, and the town, always so full, had been more crammed than ever....

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rock-ahead-a-novel-vol-1-59911/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rock-ahead-a-novel-vol-1-59911/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rock-ahead-a-novel-vol-1-59911/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rock-ahead-a-novel-vol-1-59911/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rock-ahead-a-novel-vol-1-59911/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rock-ahead-a-novel-vol-1-59911/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rock-ahead-a-novel-vol-1-59911/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rock-ahead-a-novel-vol-1-59911/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rock-ahead-a-novel-vol-1-59911/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rock-ahead-a-novel-vol-1-59911/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rock-ahead-a-novel-vol-1-59911/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rock-ahead-a-novel-vol-1-59911/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rock-ahead-a-novel-vol-1-59911/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rock-ahead-a-novel-vol-1-59911/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rock-ahead-a-novel-vol-1-59911/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rock-ahead-a-novel-vol-1-59911/chapters/13/index.md)