# The Whirlpool Author: Gissing, George, 1857-1903 Genre: Category: Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4299 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Whirlpool+Gissing&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Harvey Rolfe was old enough to dine with deliberation, young and healthy enough to sauce with appetite the dishes he thoughtfully selected. You perceived in him the imperfect epicure. His club had no culinary fame; the dinner was merely tolerable; but Rolfe's unfinished palate flattered the second-rate cook. He knew nothing of vintages; it sufficed him to distinguish between Bordeaux and Burgundy; yet one saw him raise his glass and peer at the liquor with eye of connoisseur. All unaffectedly; for he was conscious of his shortcoming in the art of delicate living, and never vaunted his satisfactions. He had known the pasture of poverty, and the table as it is set by London landladies; to l... ## Chapters - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/28/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/33/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/32/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 35](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/35/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/29/index.md) - [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/30/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 39](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/39/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 36](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/36/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/31/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/34/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter 38](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/38/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 37](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/37/index.md) - [Chapter 40](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-whirlpool-4299/chapters/40/index.md)