BY HUGH WALPOLE Author of "Fortitude," etc.
CONTENTS
BOOK I THE DUCHESS
CHAPTER I FELIX BRUN, DR. CHRISTOPHER, RACHEL BEAMINSTER THEY ARE SURVEYED BY THE PORTRAIT. I
CHAPTER II RACHEL
CHAPTER III LADY ADELA "At first it seemed a little speck, And
CHAPTER IV THE POOL I
CHAPTER V SHE COMES OUT I
CHAPTER VI FANS
CHAPTER VII IN THE HEART OF THE HOUSE "Our interest's on the
CHAPTER VIII THE TIGER "For every Manne there lurketh hys Wilde Beast." Sardus Aquinas (1512). I
CHAPTER IX THE GOLDEN CAGE
CHAPTER X LIZZIE AND BRETON "What of Adam cast out of Eden?
CHAPTER XI HER GRACE'S DAY I
CHAPTER XII DEFIANCE OF THE TIGER I I
CHAPTER XIII DEFIANCE OF THE TIGER II I
BOOK II RACHEL
CHAPTER I THE POOL AND THE SNOW "For now doors open, and war is
CHAPTER II A LITTLE HOUSE
CHAPTER III FIRST SEQUEL TO DEFIANCE
CHAPTER IV RACHEL AND CHRISTOPHER AND RODDY I
CHAPTER V LIZZIE'S JOURNEY I "So thy great gift, upon
CHAPTER VI ALL THE BEAMINSTERS
CHAPTER VII RACHEL AND BRETON
CHAPTER VIII CHRISTOPHER'S DAY
CHAPTER IX THE DARKEST HOUR
CHAPTER X LIZZIE'S JOURNEY II I
CHAPTER XI RODDY IS MASTER "I and my mistress, side by side,
CHAPTER XII LIZZIE'S JOURNEY III
BOOK III RODDY
CHAPTER I REGENT'S PARK BRETON AND LIZZIE
CHAPTER II THE DUCHESS MOVES
CHAPTER III RODDY MOVES
CHAPTER IV MARCH 13th: BRETON'S TIGER
CHAPTER V MARCH 13th: RACHEL'S HEART "When God smote His hands
CHAPTER VI MARCH 13th: RODDY TALKS TO THE DEVIL AND THE DUCHESS DENIES GOD
CHAPTER VII CHAMBER MUSIC A TRIO
CHAPTER VIII A QUARTETTE
CHAPTER IX RACHEL AND RODDY "Tell me, Praise, and tell me,
CHAPTER X LIZZIE BECOMES MISS RAND AGAIN
CHAPTER XI THE LAST VIEW FROM HIGH WINDOWS "Not without
CHAPTER XII RACHEL, RODDY, LORD JOHN, CHRISTOPHER
CHAPTER XIII EPILOGUE PROLOGUE
NOVELS BY HUGH WALPOLE STUDIES IN PLACE THE WOODEN HORSE
Title: The Duchess of Wrexe
Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary
Author: Hugh Walpole
Language: English
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THE DUCHESS OF WREXE
HER DECLINE AND DEATH
A ROMANTIC COMMENTARY