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THE MODERN STUDENT'S LIBRARY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
THE MODERN STUDENT'S LIBRARY
THE ORDEAL OF RICHARD FEVEREL
THE ORDEAL
OF
RICHARD FEVEREL
A HISTORY OF A FATHER AND SON
BY
GEORGE MEREDITH
FRANK W. CHANDLER
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Copyright, 1896, 1917, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
THE ORDEAL OF RICHARD FEVEREL
CHAPTER I
THE INMATES OF RAYNHAM ABBEY
CHAPTER II
SHOWING HOW THE FATES SELECTED THE FOURTEENTH BIRTHDAY TO TRY THE STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM
CHAPTER III
THE MAGIAN CONFLICT
CHAPTER IV
ARSON
CHAPTER V
ADRIAN PLIES HIS HOOK
CHAPTER VI
JUVENILE STRATAGEMS
CHAPTER VII
DAPHNE'S BOWER
CHAPTER VIII
THE BITTER CUP
CHAPTER IX
A FINE DISTINCTION
CHAPTER X
RICHARD PASSES THROUGH HIS PRELIMINARY ORDEAL, AND IS THE OCCASION OF AN APHORISM
CHAPTER XI
IN WHICH THE LAST ACT OF THE BAKEWELL COMEDY IS CLOSED IN A LETTER
CHAPTER XII
THE BLOSSOMING SEASON
CHAPTER XIII
THE MAGNETIC AGE
CHAPTER XIV
AN ATTRACTION
CHAPTER XV
FERDINAND AND MIRANDA
CHAPTER XVI
UNMASKING OF MASTER RIPTON THOMPSON
CHAPTER XVII
GOOD WINE AND GOOD BLOOD
CHAPTER XVIII
THE SYSTEM ENCOUNTERS THE WILD OATS SPECIAL PLEA
CHAPTER XIX
A DIVERSION PLAYED ON A PENNY-WHISTLE
CHAPTER XX
CELEBRATES THE TIME-HONOURED TREATMENT OF A DRAGON BY THE HERO
CHAPTER XXI
RICHARD IS SUMMONED TO TOWN TO HEAR A SERMON
CHAPTER XXII
INDICATES THE APPROACHES OF FEVER
CHAPTER XXIII
CRISIS IN THE APPLE-DISEASE
CHAPTER XXIV
OF THE SPRING PRIMROSE AND THE AUTUMNAL
CHAPTER XXV
IN WHICH THE HERO TAKES A STEP
CHAPTER XXVI
RECORDS THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE HERO
CHAPTER XXVII
CONTAINS AN INTERCESSION FOR THE HEROINE
CHAPTER XXVIII
RELATES HOW PREPARATIONS FOR ACTION WERE CONDUCTED UNDER THE APRIL OF LOVERS
CHAPTER XXIX
IN WHICH THE LAST ACT OF A COMEDY TAKES THE PLACE OF THE FIRST
CHAPTER XXX
CELEBRATES THE BREAKFAST
CHAPTER XXXI
THE PHILOSOPHER APPEARS IN PERSON
CHAPTER XXXII
PROCESSION OF THE CAKE
CHAPTER XXXIII
NURSING THE DEVIL
CHAPTER XXXIV
CONQUEST OF AN EPICURE
CHAPTER XXXV
CLARE'S MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XXXVI
A DINNER-PARTY AT RICHMOND
CHAPTER XXXVII
MRS. BERRY ON MATRIMONY
CHAPTER XXXVIII
AN ENCHANTRESS
CHAPTER XXXIX
THE LITTLE BIRD AND THE FALCON; A BERRY TO THE RESCUE!
CHAPTER XL
CLARE'S DIARY
CHAPTER XLI
AUSTIN RETURNS
CHAPTER XLII
NATURE SPEAKS
CHAPTER XLIII
AGAIN THE MAGIAN CONFLICT
CHAPTER XLIV
THE LAST SCENE
CHAPTER XLV
LADY BLANDISH TO AUSTIN WENTWORTH
The Modern Student's Library
NOVELS
POETRY
ESSAYS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROSE
BIOGRAPHY
PHILOSOPHY SERIES Editor, Ralph Barton Perry
Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University
FRENCH SERIES Editor, Horatio Smith
Professor of French Language and Literature, Brown University
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