A View of the Empire at Sunset by Phillips, Caryl -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Notice Dedication I. Going Home

1. Going Home 2. The Letter 3. Rivers and Mountains

II. Home

4. Sister Mary 5. Francine 6. The Mango Tree 7. The Day Trip 8. Civilization 9. That Williams Girl 10. Mr. Carnegie’s Gift 11. The Passage

III. Aunt Clarice

12. Aunt Clarice 13. England 14. Dear West Indies 15. In the Name of Love

IV. Performance

16. The Island Simply Doesn’t Exist 17. Anyone for Tennis? 18. A Weekly Bath 19. The Letting Go 20. Are We Drinking or Are We Gawping? 21. A Strange Bird

V. Love

22. Suede Gloves in One Hand 23. Romano’s 24. An Oddly Vertical City 25. Sunday Lunch 26. His Father’s Friends 27. Discretion 28. Less of a Man 29. Men with Pencil-Thin Moustaches 30. A Disappointment 31. A Serpent in the Bed 32. Ramsgate 33. Christmas 34. South of the River 35. The Deadline 36. A New Family

VI. Continental Drift

37. The Great War 38. A Modern Marriage 39. The Negress 40. A Child 41. Parc Monceau 42. A Knight in Shining Armour

VII. Mr. and Mrs. Smith

43. Seeking Refuge 44. Sister Love 45. Mr. Smith 46. A Confession 47. Waiting for the Rain 48. New Rooms

VIII. Two Journeys

49. An English Husband 50. A Continental Lunch

IX. All at Sea

51. On the Train to the Ship 52. Wine, Please 53. An Unpolished Performance 54. All at Sea 55. Walking the Decks 56. Other Women 57. The Bluest Sea

X. A Now Empty World

58. Home 59. A Now Empty World 60. A Dream 61. Why Don’t They Like Us? 62. Through the Saloon Doors 63. A View of the Empire at Sunset 64. Resting Place 65. Leaving

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