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[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of thefile for those who may wish to sample the author's ideas before making anentire meal of them. D.W.]
BEAUCHAMP'S CAREER
By George Meredith
1897
CONTENTS
BOOK 1.I. THE CHAMPION OF HIS COUNTRYII. UNCLE, NEPHEW, AND ANOTHERIII. CONTAINS BARONIAL VIEWS OF THE PRESENTIV. A GLIMPSE OF NEVIL IN ACTIONV. RENEEVI. LOVE IN VENICEVII. AN AWAKENING FOR BOTHVIII. A NIGHT ON THE ADRIATICIX. MORNING AT SEA UNDER THE ALPSX. A SINGULAR COUNCIL
BOOK 2.XI. CAPTAIN BASKELETTXII. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE INFAMOUS Dr. SHRAPNELXIII. A SUPERFINE CONSCIENCEXIV. THE LEADING ARTICLE AND MR. TIMOTHY TURBOTXV. CECILIA HALKETTXVI. A PARTIAL DISPLAY OF BEAUCHAMP IN HIS COLOURSXVII. HIS FRIEND AND FOEXVIII. CONCERNING THE ACT OF CANVASSING
BOOK 3.XIX. LORD PALMET, AND CERTAIN ELECTORSXX. A DAY AT ITCHINCOPEXXI. THE QUESTION AS TO THE EXAMINATION OF THE WHIGS, AND THE FINE BLOW STRUCK BY MR. EVERARD ROMFREYXXII. THE DRIVE INTO BEVISHAMXXIII. TOURDESTELLEXXIV. HIS HOLIDAYXXV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BOAT.
BOOK 4.XXVI. MR. BLACKBURN TUCKHAMXXVII. A SHORT SIDELOOK AT THE ELECTIONXXVIII. TOUCHING A YOUNG LADY'S HEART AND HER INTELLECTXXIX. THE EPISTLE OF DR. SHRAPNEL TO COMMANDER BEAUCHAMPXXX. THE BAITING OF DR. SHRAPNELXXXI. SHOWING A CHIVALROUS GENTLEMAN SET IN MOTIONXXXII. AN EFFORT TO CONQUER CECILIA IN BEAUCHAMP'S FASHIONXXXIII. THE FIRST ENCOUNTER AT STEYNHAM
BOOK 5.XXXIV. THE FACE OF RENEEXXXV. THE RIDE IN THE WRONG DIRECTIONXXXVI. PURSUIT OF THE APOLOGY OF MR. ROMFREY TO DR. SHRAPNELXXXVII. CECILIA CONQUEREDXXXVIII. LORD AVONLEYXXXIX. BETWEEN BEAUCHAMP AND CECILIAXL. A TRIAL OF HIMXLI. A LAME VICTORY
BOOK 6.XLII. THE TWO PASSIONSXLIII. THE EARL OF ROMFREY AND THE COUNTESSXLIV. THE NEPHEWS OF THE EARL, AND ANOTHER EXHIBITION OF THE TWO PASSIONS IN BEAUCHAMP.XLV. A LITTLE PLOT AGAINST CECILIAXLVI. AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FORESEENXLVII. THE REFUSAL OF HIMXLVIII. OF THE TRIAL AWAITING THE EARL OF ROMFREYXLIX. A FABRIC OF BARONIAL DESPOTISM CRUMBLES
BOOK 7.L. AT THE COTTAGE ON THE COMMONLI. IN THE NIGHTLII. QUESTION OF A PILGRIMAGE AND AN ACT OF PENANCELIII. THE APOLOGY TO DR. SHRAPNELLIV. THE FRUITS OF THE APOLOGYLV. WITHOUT LOVELVI. THE LAST OF NEVIL BEAUCHAMP
BEAUCHAMP'S CAREER
BOOK 1.
I. THE CHAMPION OF HIS COUNTRYII. UNCLE, NEPHEW, AND ANOTHERIII. CONTAINS BARONIAL VIEWS OF THE PRESENTIV. A GLIMPSE OF NEVIL IN ACTIONV. RENEEVI. LOVE IN VENICEVII. AN AWAKENING FOR BOTHVIII. A NIGHT ON THE ADRIATICIX. MORNING AT SEA UNDER THE ALPSX. A SINGULAR COUNCIL
CHAPTER I
THE CHAMPION OF HIS COUNTRY
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