# The Turmoil: A Novel

Author: Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946

Genre: Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1098

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Turmoil%3A+A+Novel+Tarkington&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

There is a midland city in the heart of fair, open country, a dirty and wonderful city nesting dingily in the fog of its own smoke. The stranger must feel the dirt before he feels the wonder, for the dirt will be upon him instantly. It will be upon him and within him, since he must breathe it, and he may care for no further proof that wealth is here better loved than cleanliness; but whether he cares or not, the negligently tended streets incessantly press home the point, and so do the flecked and grimy citizens. At a breeze he must smother in the whirlpools of dust, and if he should decline at any time to inhale the smoke he has the meager alternative of suicide.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/28/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/27/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/33/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/30/index.md)
- [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/31/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/32/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/26/index.md)
- [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/29/index.md)
- [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/22/index.md)
- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-turmoil-a-novel-1098/chapters/1/index.md)