# The Root of All Evil

Author: Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith), 1863-1935

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40603

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Root+of+All+Evil+Fletcher&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Half-way along the one straggling street of Savilestowe a narrow lane suddenly opened out between the cottages and turned abruptly towards the uplands which rose on the northern edge of the village. Its first course lay between high grey walls, overhung with ivy and snapdragon. When it emerged from their cool shadowings the church came in view on one hand and the school on the other, each set on its own green knoll and standing high above the meadows. Once past these it became narrower and more tortuous; the banks on either side rose steeply, and were crowned by ancient oaks and elms. In the proper season of the year these banks were thick with celandine and anemone, and the scent of hedg...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-root-of-all-evil-40603/chapters/26/index.md)