LUCRETIA
By Edward Bulwer Lytton
CONTENTS
[ PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1853. ]
[ PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. ][ PART THE FIRST. ]
[ PROLOGUE TO PART THE FIRST. ]
[ CHAPTER I. ] A FAMILY GROUP.
[ CHAPTER II. ] LUCRETIA.
[ CHAPTER III. ] CONFERENCES.
[ CHAPTER IV. ] GUY’S OAK.
[ CHAPTER V. ] HOUSEHOLD TREASON.
[ CHAPTER VI. ] THE WILL
[ CHAPTER VII. ] THE ENGAGEMENT.
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] THE DISCOVERY.
[ CHAPTER IX. ] A SOUL WITHOUT HOPE.
[ CHAPTER X. ] THE RECONCILIATION BETWEEN FATHER AND SON.
[ EPILOGUE TO PART THE FIRST. ][ PART THE SECOND. ]
[ PROLOGUE TO PART THE SECOND. ]
[ CHAPTER I. ] THE CORONATION.
[ CHAPTER II. ] LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
[ CHAPTER III. ] EARLY TRAINING FOR AN UPRIGHT GENTLEMAN.
[ CHAPTER IV. ] JOHN ARDWORTH.
[ CHAPTER V. ] THE WEAVERS AND THE WOOF.
[ CHAPTER VI. ] THE LAWYER AND THE BODY-SNATCHER.
[ CHAPTER VII. ] THE RAPE OF THE MATTRESS.
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] PERCIVAL VISITS LUCRETIA.
[ CHAPTER IX. ] THE ROSE BENEATH THE UPAS.
[ CHAPTER X. ] THE RATTLE OF THE SNAKE.
[ CHAPTER XI. ] LOVE AND INNOCENCE.
[ CHAPTER XII. ] SUDDEN CELEBRITY AND PATIENT HOPE.
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] THE LOSS OF THE CROSSING.
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] NEWS FROM GRABMAN.
[ CHAPTER XV. ] VARIETIES.
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] THE INVITATION TO LAUGHTON.
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] THE WAKING OF THE SERPENT.
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] RETROSPECT.
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] MR. GRABMAN’S ADVENTURES.
[ CHAPTER XX. ] MORE OF MRS. JOPLIN.
[ CHAPTER XXI. ] BECK’S DISCOVERY.
[ CHAPTER XXII. ] THE TAPESTRY CHAMBER.
[ CHAPTER XXIII. ] THE SHADES ON THE DIAL
[ CHAPTER XXIV. ] MURDER, TOWARDS HIS DESIGN, MOVES LIKE A GHOST.
[ CHAPTER XXV. ] THE MESSENGER SPEEDS.
[ CHAPTER XXVI. ] THE SPY FLIES.
[ CHAPTER XXVII. ] LUCRETIA REGAINS HER SON.
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. ] THE LOTS VANISH WITHIN THE URN.
[ EPILOGUE TO PART THE SECOND. ]