Adrian Savage. Lucas Malet

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Название Adrian Savage
Автор произведения Lucas Malet
Жанр Языкознание
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       Lucas Malet

      Adrian Savage

      A Novel

      Published by Good Press, 2019

       [email protected]

      EAN 4057664589750

       I CONCERNING THE DEAD AND THE LIVING

       CHAPTER I IN WHICH THE READER IS INVITED TO MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE HERO OF THIS BOOK

       CHAPTER II WHEREIN A VERY MODERN YOUNG MAN TELLS A TIME-HONORED TALE WITH BUT SMALL ENCOURAGEMENT

       CHAPTER III TELLING HOW RENÉ DAX COOKED A SAVORY OMELETTE, AND WHY GABRIELLE ST. LEGER LOOKED OUT OF AN OPEN WINDOW AT PAST MIDNIGHT

       CHAPTER IV CLIMBING THE LADDER

       CHAPTER V PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK

       CHAPTER VI SOME CONSEQUENCES OF PUTTING NEW WINE INTO OLD BOTTLES

       CHAPTER VII IN WHICH ADRIAN HELPS TO THROW EARTH INTO AN OPEN GRAVE

       CHAPTER VIII A MODERN ANTIGONE

       II THE DRAWINGS UPON THE WALL

       CHAPTER I A WASTER

       CHAPTER II THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE

       CHAPTER III A STRAINING OF FRIENDSHIP

       CHAPTER IV IN WHICH ADRIAN SETS FORTH IN PURSUIT OF THE FURTHER REASON

       CHAPTER V WITH DEBORAH, UNDER AN OAK IN THE PARC MONCEAU

       CHAPTER VI RECORDING THE VIGIL OF A SCARLET HOMUNCULUS AND ARISTIDES THE JUST

       III THE OTHER SIDE

       CHAPTER I RECORDING A BRAVE MAN'S EFFORT TO CULTIVATE HIS PRIVATE GARDEN

       CHAPTER II A STRATEGIC MOVEMENT WHICH SECURES VICTORY WHILE SIMULATING RETREAT

       CHAPTER III IN WHICH EUTERPE IS CALLED UPON TO PLAY THE PART OF INTERPRETER

       CHAPTER IV SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SYMRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK

       CHAPTER V IN WHICH ADRIAN'S KNOWLEDGE OF SOME INHABITANTS OF THE TOWER HOUSE IS SENSIBLY INCREASED

       CHAPTER VI WHICH PLAYS SEESAW BETWEEN A GAME OF LAWN-TENNIS AND A PRODIGAL SON

       CHAPTER VII PISTOLS OR POLITENESS—FOR TWO

       CHAPTER VIII "NUIT DE MAI"

       IV THE FOLLY OF THE WISE

       CHAPTER I RE-ENTER A WAYFARING GOSSIP

       CHAPTER II IN THE TRACK OF THE BRAIN-STORM

       CHAPTER III IN WHICH THE STORM BREAKS

       CHAPTER IV ON THE HEIGHTS

       CHAPTER V DE PROFUNDIS

       V THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

       CHAPTER I SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE's LOCKED BOOK

       CHAPTER II RECORDING A SISTERLY EFFORT TO LET IN LIGHT

       CHAPTER III IN WHICH JOANNA EMBRACES A PHANTOM BLISS

       CHAPTER IV "COME UNTO THESE YELLOW SANDS"

       CHAPTER V IN WHICH ADRIAN MAKES DISQUIETING ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE LONG ARM OF COINCIDENCE

       CHAPTER VI CONCERNING A CURSE, AND THE MANNER OF ITS GOING HOME TO ROOST

       CHAPTER VII SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK

       CHAPTER VIII IN WHICH A STRONG MAN ADOPTS A VERY SIMPLE METHOD OF CLEARING HIS OWN PATH OF THORNS

       CHAPTER IX WHEREIN ADRIAN SAVAGE SUCCEEDS IN AWAKENING LA BELLE AU BOIS DORMANT

       CONCERNING THE DEAD AND THE LIVING

       Table of Contents

      ADRIAN SAVAGE

       IN WHICH THE READER IS INVITED TO MAKE THE