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The Man Who Laughs
A Romance of English History
CONTENTS.
Preliminary Chapter.—Ursus
Another Preliminary Chapter.—The Comprachicos
PART I.
BOOK THE FIRST.—NIGHT NOT SO BLACK AS MAN.
I.—Portland Bill
II.—Left Alone
III.—Alone
IV.—Questions
V.—The Tree of Human Invention
VI.—Struggle between Death and Night
VII.—The North Point of Portland
BOOK THE SECOND.—THE HOOKER AT SEA.
I.—Superhuman Laws
II.—Our First Rough Sketches Filled in
III.—Troubled Men on the Troubled Sea
IV.—A Cloud Different from the Others enters on the Scene
V.—Hardquanonne
VI.—They Think that Help is at Hand
VII.—Superhuman Horrors
VIII.—Nix et Nox
IX.—The Charge Confided to a Raging Sea
X.—The Colossal Savage, the Storm
XI.—The Caskets
XII.—Face to Face with the Rock
XIII.—Face to Face with Night
XIV.—Ortach
XV.—Portentosum Mare
XVI.—The Problem Suddenly Works in Silence
XVII.—The Last Resource
XVIII.—The Highest Resource
BOOK THE THIRD.—THE CHILD IN THE SHADOW.
I.—Chesil
II.—The Effect of Snow
III.—A Burden Makes a Rough Road Rougher
IV.—Another Form of Desert
V.—Misanthropy Plays Its Pranks
VI.—The Awaking
PART II.
BOOK THE FIRST.—THE EVERLASTING PRESENCE OF THE PAST. MAN REFLECTS MAN.
I.—Lord Clancharlie
II.—Lord David Dirry-Moir
III.—The Duchess Josiana
IV.—The Leader of Fashion
V.—Queen Anne
VI.—Barkilphedro
VII.—Barkilphedro Gnaws His Way
VIII.—Inferi
IX.—Hate is as Strong as Love
X.—The Flame which would be Seen if Man were Transparent
XI.—Barkilphedro in Ambuscade
XII.—Scotland, Ireland, and England
BOOK THE SECOND.—GWYNPLAINE AND DEA.
I.—Wherein we see the Face of Him of whom we have hitherto seen only the Acts
II.—Dea
III.—"Oculos non Habet, et Videt"
IV.—Well-matched Lovers
V.—The Blue Sky through the Black Cloud
VI.—Ursus as Tutor, and Ursus as Guardian
VII.—Blindness Gives Lessons in Clairvoyance
VIII.—Not only Happiness, but Prosperity
IX.—Absurdities which Folks without Taste call Poetry
X.—An Outsider's View of Men and Things
XI.—Gwynplaine Thinks Justice, and Ursus Talks Truth
XII.—Ursus the Poet Drags on Ursus the Philosopher
BOOK THE THIRD.—THE BEGINNING OF THE FISSURE.
I.—The Tadcaster Inn
II.—Open-Air Eloquence
III.—Where the Passer-by Reappears
IV.—Contraries Fraternize in Hate
V.—The Wapentake
VI.—The Mouse Examined by the Cats
VII.—Why Should a Gold Piece Lower Itself by Mixing with a Heap of Pennies?
VIII.—Symptoms of Poisoning
IX.—Abyssus Abyssum Vocat
BOOK THE FOURTH.—THE CELL OF TORTURE.
I.—The Temptation of St. Gwynplaine
II.—From Gay to Grave
III.—Lex, Rex, Fex
IV.—Ursus Spies the Police
V.—A Fearful Place
VI.—The Kind of Magistracy under the Wigs of Former Days
VII.—Shuddering
VIII.—Lamentation
BOOK THE FIFTH.—THE SEA AND FATE ARE MOVED BY THE SAME BREATH.
I.—The Durability of Fragile Things
II.—The Waif Knows Its Own Course
III.—An Awakening
IV.—Fascination
V.—We Think We Remember; We Forget
BOOK THE SIXTH.—URSUS UNDER DIFFERENT ASPECTS.
I.—What the Misanthrope said
II.—What He did
III.—Complications
IV.—Moenibus Surdis Campana Muta
V.—State Policy Deals with Little Matters as Well as with Great
BOOK THE SEVENTH.—THE TITANESS.
I.—The Awakening
II.—The Resemblance of a Palace to a Wood
III.—Eve
IV.—Satan
V.—They Recognize, but do not Know, Each Other
BOOK THE EIGHTH.—THE CAPITOL AND THINGS AROUND IT.
I.—Analysis of Majestic Matters
II.—Impartiality
III.—The Old Hall
IV.—The Old Chamber
V.—Aristocratic Gossip
VI.—The High and the Low
VII.—Storms of Men are Worse than Storms of Oceans
VIII.—He would be a Good Brother, were he not a Good Son
BOOK THE NINTH.—IN RUINS.
I.—It is through Excess of Greatness that Man reaches Excess of Misery
II.—The Dregs
CONCLUSION.—THE NIGHT AND THE SEA.
I.—A Watch-dog may be a Guardian Angel
II.—Barkilphedro, having aimed at the Eagle, brings down the Dove
III.—Paradise Regained Below
IV.—Nay; on High!
THE LAUGHING MAN.
A ROMANCE OF ENGLISH HISTORY.
PRELIMINARY CHAPTER.
URSUS.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
ANOTHER PRELIMINARY CHAPTER.
THE COMPRACHICOS.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
PART I.
BOOK THE FIRST.
NIGHT NOT SO BLACK AS MAN.
CHAPTER I.
PORTLAND BILL.
CHAPTER II.
LEFT ALONE.
CHAPTER III.
ALONE.
CHAPTER IV.
QUESTIONS.
CHAPTER V.
THE TREE OF HUMAN INVENTION.
CHAPTER VI.
STRUGGLE BETWEEN DEATH AND LIFE.
CHAPTER VII.
THE NORTH POINT OF PORTLAND.
BOOK THE SECOND.
THE HOOKER AT SEA.
CHAPTER I.
SUPERHUMAN LAWS.
CHAPTER II.
OUR FIRST ROUGH SKETCHES FILLED IN.
CHAPTER III.
TROUBLED MEN ON THE TROUBLED SEA.
CHAPTER IV.
A CLOUD DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS ENTERS ON THE SCENE.
CHAPTER V.
HARDQUANONNE.
CHAPTER VI.
THEY THINK THAT HELP IS AT HAND.
CHAPTER VII.
SUPERHUMAN HORRORS.
CHAPTER VIII.
NIX ET NOX.
CHAPTER IX.
THE CHARGE CONFIDED TO A RAGING SEA.
CHAPTER X.
THE COLOSSAL SAVAGE, THE STORM.
CHAPTER XI.
THE CASKETS.
CHAPTER XII.
FACE TO FACE WITH THE ROCK.
CHAPTER XIII.
FACE TO FACE WITH NIGHT.
CHAPTER XIV.
ORTACH.
CHAPTER XV.
PORTENTOSUM MARE.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE PROBLEM SUDDENLY WORKS IN SILENCE.
CHAPTER XVII.
THE LAST RESOURCE.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE HIGHEST RESOURCE.
BOOK THE THIRD.
THE CHILD IN THE SHADOW.
CHAPTER I.
CHESIL.
CHAPTER II.
THE EFFECT OF SNOW.
CHAPTER III.
A BURDEN MAKES A ROUGH ROAD ROUGHER.
CHAPTER IV.
ANOTHER FORM OF DESERT.
CHAPTER V.
MISANTHROPY PLAYS ITS PRANKS.
CHAPTER VI.
THE AWAKING.
PART II.
BOOK THE FIRST.
THE EVERLASTING PRESENCE OF THE PAST: MAN REFLECTS MAN.
CHAPTER I.
LORD CLANCHARLIE.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
CHAPTER II.
LORD DAVID DIRRY-MOIR.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
CHAPTER III.
THE DUCHESS JOSIANA.
II.
III.
CHAPTER IV.
THE LEADER OF FASHION.
CHAPTER V.
QUEEN ANNE.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
CHAPTER VI.
BARKILPHEDRO.
CHAPTER VII.
BARKILPHEDRO GNAWS HIS WAY.
CHAPTER VIII.
INFERI.
CHAPTER IX.
HATE IS AS STRONG AS LOVE.
CHAPTER X.
THE FLAME WHICH WOULD BE SEEN IF MAN WERE TRANSPARENT.
CHAPTER XI.
BARKILPHEDRO IN AMBUSCADE.
CHAPTER XII.
SCOTLAND, IRELAND, AND ENGLAND.
BOOK THE SECOND.
GWYNPLAINE AND DEA.
CHAPTER I.
WHEREIN WE SEE THE FACE OF HIM OF WHOM WE HAVE HITHERTO SEEN ONLY THE ACTS.
CHAPTER II.
DEA.
CHAPTER III.
"OCULOS NON HABET, ET VIDET."
CHAPTER IV.
WELL-MATCHED LOVERS.
CHAPTER V.
THE BLUE SKY THROUGH THE BLACK CLOUD.
CHAPTER VI.
URSUS AS TUTOR, AND URSUS AS GUARDIAN.
CHAPTER VII.
BLINDNESS GIVES LESSONS IN CLAIRVOYANCE.
CHAPTER VIII.
NOT ONLY HAPPINESS, BUT PROSPERITY.
CHAPTER IX.
ABSURDITIES WHICH FOLKS WITHOUT TASTE CALL POETRY.
CHAPTER X.
AN OUTSIDER'S VIEW OF MEN AND THINGS.
CHAPTER XI.
GWYNPLAINE THINKS JUSTICE, AND URSUS TALKS TRUTH.
CHAPTER XII.
URSUS THE POET DRAGS ON URSUS THE PHILOSOPHER.
BOOK THE THIRD.
THE BEGINNING OF THE FISSURE.
CHAPTER I.
THE TADCASTER INN.
CHAPTER II.
OPEN-AIR ELOQUENCE.
CHAPTER III.
WHERE THE PASSER-BY REAPPEARS.
CHAPTER IV.
CONTRARIES FRATERNIZE IN HATE.
CHAPTER V.
THE WAPENTAKE.
CHAPTER VI.
THE MOUSE EXAMINED BY THE CATS.
CHAPTER VII.
WHY SHOULD A GOLD PIECE LOWER ITSELF BY MIXING WITH A HEAP OF PENNIES?
CHAPTER VIII.
SYMPTOMS OF POISONING.
CHAPTER IX.
ABYSSUS ABYSSUM VOCAT.
BOOK THE FOURTH.
THE CELL OF TORTURE.
CHAPTER I.
THE TEMPTATION OF ST. GWYNPLAINE.
CHAPTER II.
FROM GAY TO GRAVE.
CHAPTER III.
LEX, REX, FEX.
CHAPTER IV.
URSUS SPIES THE POLICE.
CHAPTER V.
A FEARFUL PLACE.
CHAPTER VI.
THE KIND OF MAGISTRACY UNDER THE WIGS OF FORMER DAYS.
CHAPTER VII.
SHUDDERING.
CHAPTER VIII.
LAMENTATION.
BOOK THE FIFTH.
THE SEA AND FATE ARE MOVED BY THE SAME BREATH.
CHAPTER I.
THE DURABILITY OF FRAGILE THINGS.
CHAPTER II.
THE WAIF KNOWS ITS OWN COURSE.
CHAPTER III.
AN AWAKENING.
CHAPTER IV.
FASCINATION.
CHAPTER V.
WE THINK WE REMEMBER; WE FORGET.
BOOK THE SIXTH.
URSUS UNDER DIFFERENT ASPECTS.
CHAPTER I.
WHAT THE MISANTHROPE SAID.
CHAPTER II.
WHAT HE DID.
CHAPTER III.
COMPLICATIONS.
CHAPTER IV.
MOENIBUS SURDIS CAMPANA MUTA.
CHAPTER V.
STATE POLICY DEALS WITH LITTLE MATTERS AS WELL AS WITH GREAT.
BOOK THE SEVENTH.
THE TITANESS.
CHAPTER I.
THE AWAKENING.
CHAPTER II.
THE RESEMBLANCE OF A PALACE TO A WOOD.
CHAPTER III.
EVE.
CHAPTER IV.
SATAN.
CHAPTER V.
THEY RECOGNIZE, BUT DO NOT KNOW, EACH OTHER.
BOOK THE EIGHTH.
THE CAPITOL AND THINGS AROUND IT.
CHAPTER I.
ANALYSIS OF MAJESTIC MATTERS.
CHAPTER II.
IMPARTIALITY.
CHAPTER III.
THE OLD HALL.
CHAPTER IV.
THE OLD CHAMBER.
CHAPTER V.
ARISTOCRATIC GOSSIP.
CHAPTER VI.
THE HIGH AND THE LOW.
CHAPTER VII.
STORMS OF MEN ARE WORSE THAN STORMS OF OCEANS.
CHAPTER VIII.
HE WOULD BE A GOOD BROTHER, WERE HE NOT A GOOD SON.
BOOK THE NINTH.
IN RUINS.
CHAPTER I.
IT IS THROUGH EXCESS OF GREATNESS THAT MAN REACHES EXCESS OF MISERY.
CHAPTER II.
THE DREGS.
CONCLUSION.
THE NIGHT AND THE SEA.
CHAPTER I.
A WATCH-DOG MAY BE A GUARDIAN ANGEL.
CHAPTER II.
BARKILPHEDRO, HAVING AIMED AT THE EAGLE, BRINGS DOWN THE DOVE.
CHAPTER III.
PARADISE REGAINED BELOW.
CHAPTER IV.
NAY; ON HIGH!
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