Spirit of Progress by Carroll, Steven -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Contents Prologue: France, December 1977

The Language of Engine Driving

Part One: Melbourne, Tuesday, 16 July 1946

1. The Post-War World 2. The Photographer and the Journalist 3. The Journalist on the Street 4. The Painter Reads the Journalist 5. Skinner Observes the Light from Miss Carroll’s Tent 6. Inside Miss Carroll’s Tent 7. The Absent Father 8. The Dancing Man 9. Rita at Home 10. Webster Imagines His World 11. Vic Reads the Evening Newspaper 12. The Day Ends

Part Two: Wednesday, 17 July 1946

13. Skinner’s Gift 14. Webster’s Ground 15. George Is Adrift 16. The Indifference of Munching Cows 17. The Contessa Reflects 18. En Plein Air 19. Affection 20. Trust (I) 21. The Concept of Too Much 22. Trust (II) 23. History Pays a Call 24. A Painting Appears 25. An Artist Without an Art 26. A Simple Heart 27. The Spirit of Progress

Part Three: Thursday, 18 July 1946

28. Horizon 29. Vic Discovers the Golf Course 30. Sam on the Docks 31. George’s Moment 32. The Kitchen Sink 33. Webster and Skinner Observe Each Other 34. A Victorian Lady 35. The Subject Is Unobserved

Part Four: January 1947

36. Elsewhere 37. The Dutiful Servant 38. A Goodbye of Sorts 39. Heaven and Earth 40. Singapore

Part Five: 1949

41. The Lost Domain 42. Care and Dread 43. The Centre of Things 44. Webster at Home 45. The Wooden Frame of Fate

Part Six: November 1977

46. Woman and Tent 47. The Survival of the Fittest Memories 48. Rita Calls on History 49. Old Streets

Epilogue: France, December 1977

The Travelling World

The Art of the Engine Driver The Gift of Speed The Time We Have Taken The Lost Life Acknowledgments About the Author Praise Other Books by Steven Carroll Copyright