VIRGINIA


CONTENTS

[BOOK FIRST—THE DREAM]
[CHAPTER I. The System]
[CHAPTER II. Her Inheritance]
[CHAPTER III. First Love]
[CHAPTER IV. The Treadwells]
[CHAPTER V. Oliver, the Romantic]
[CHAPTER VI. A Treadwell in Revolt]
[CHAPTER VII. The Artist in Philistia]
[CHAPTER VIII. White Magic]
[CHAPTER IX. The Great Man Moves]
[CHAPTER X. Oliver Surrenders]
[BOOK SECOND—THE REALITY]
[CHAPTER I. Virginia Prepares for the Future]
[CHAPTER II. Virginia's Letters]
[CHAPTER III. The Return]
[CHAPTER IV. Her Children]
[CHAPTER V. Failure]
[CHAPTER VI. The Shadow]
[CHAPTER VII. The Will to Live]
[CHAPTER VIII. The Pang of Motherhood]
[CHAPTER IX. The Problem of the South]
[BOOK THIRD—THE ADJUSTMENT]
[CHAPTER I. The Changing Order]
[CHAPTER II. The Price of Comfort]
[CHAPTER III. Middle-age]
[CHAPTER IV. Life's Cruelties]
[CHAPTER V. Bitterness]
[CHAPTER VI. The Future]
[BY THE SAME AUTHOR]


BOOK FIRST

THE DREAM


CHAPTER I

THE SYSTEM