DIANA OF THE CROSSWAYS
By George Meredith
1897
CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER I. ] OF DIARIES AND DIARISTS TOUCHING THE HEROINE
[ CHAPTER II. ] AN IRISH BALL
[ CHAPTER III. ] THE INTERIOR OF MR. REDWORTH, AND THE EXTERIOR OF MR. SULLIVAN SMITH
[ CHAPTER IV. ] CONTAINING HINTS OF DIANA'S EXPERIENCES AND OF WHAT THEY LED TO
[ CHAPTER V. ] CONCERNING THE SCRUPULOUS GENTLEMAN WHO CAME TOO LATE
[ CHAPTER VI. ] THE COUPLE
[ CHAPTER VII. ] THE CRISIS
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] IN WHICH IS EXHIBITED HOW A PRACTICAL MAN AND A DIVINING WOMAN LEARN TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER
[ CHAPTER IX. ] SHOWS HOW A POSITION OF DELICACY FOR A LADY AND GENTLEMAN WAS MET IN SIMPLE FASHION
[ CHAPTER X. ] THE CONFLICT OF THE NIGHT
[ CHAPTER XI. ] RECOUNTS THE JOURNEY IN A CHARIOT, WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DIALOGUE, AND A SMALL INCIDENT ON THE ROAD
[ CHAPTER XII. ] BETWEEN EMMA AND DIANA
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] TOUCHING THE FIRST DAYS OF HER PROBATION
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] GIVING GLIMPSES OF DIANA UNDER HER CLOUD BEFORE THE WORLD AND OF HER FURTHER APPRENTICESHIP
[ CHAPTER XV. ] INTRODUCES THE HON. PERCY DACIER
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] TREATS OF A MIDNIGHT BELL, AND OF A SCENE OF EARLY MORNING
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] 'THE PRINCESS EGERIA'
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] THE AUTHORESS
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] A DRIVE IN SUNLIGHT AND A DRIVE IN MOONLIGHT
[ CHAPTER XX. ] DIANA A NIGHT-WATCH IN THE CHAMBER OF DEATH
[ CHAPTER XXI. ] 'THE YOUNG MINISTER OF STATE'
[ CHAPTER XXII. ] BETWEEN DIANA AND DACIER: THE WIND EAST OVER BLEAK LAND
[ CHAPTER XXIII. ] RECORDS A VISIT TO DIANA FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S GOOD WOMEN
[ CHAPTER XXIV. ] INDICATES A SOUL PREPARED FOR DESPERATION
[ CHAPTER XXV. ] ONCE MORE THE CROSSWAYS AND A CHANGE OF TURNINGS
[ CHAPTER XXVI. ] IN WHICH A DISAPPOINTED LOVER RECEIVES A MULTITUDE OF LESSONS
[ CHAPTER XXVII. ] CONTAINS MATTER FOR SUBSEQUENT EXPLOSION
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. ] DIALOGUE ROUND THE SUBJECT OF A PORTRAIT, WITH SOME INDICATIONS OF THE TASK FOR DIANA
[ CHAPTER XXIX. ] SHOWS THE APPROACHES OF THE POLITICAL AND THE DOMESTIC CRISIS IN COMPANY
[ CHAPTER XXX. ] IN WHICH THERE IS A TASTE OF A LITTLE DINNER AND AN AFTERTASTE
[ CHAPTER XXXI. ] A CHAPTER CONTAINING GREAT POLITICAL NEWS AND THEREWITH AN INTRUSION OF THE LOVE-GOD
[ CHAPTER XXXII. ] WHEREIN WE BEHOLD A GIDDY TURN AT THE SPECTRAL CROSSWAYS
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. ] EXHIBITS THE SPRINGING OF A MINE IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
[ CHAPTER XXXIV. ] IN WHICH IT IS DARKLY SEEN HOW THE CRIMINAL'S JUDGE MAY BE LOVE'S CRIMINAL
[ CHAPTER XXXV. ] REVEALS HOW THE TRUE HEROINE OF ROMANCE COMES FINALLY TO HER, TIME OF TRIUMPH
[ CHAPTER XXXVI. ] IS CONCLUSIVE AS TO THE HEARTLESSNESS OF WOMEN WITH BRAINS
[ CHAPTER XXXVII. ] AN EXHIBITION OF SOME CHAMPIONS OF THE STRICKEN LADY
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. ] CONVALESCENCE OF A HEALTHY MIND DISTRAUGHT
[ CHAPTER XXXIX. ] OF NATURE WITH ONE OF HER CULTIVATED DAUGHTERS AND A SHORT EXCURSION IN ANTI-CLIMAX
[ CHAPTER XL. ] IN WHICH WE SEE NATURE MAKING OF A WOMAN A MAID AGAIN, AND A THRICE WHIMSICAL
[ CHAPTER XLI. ] CONTAINS A REVELATION OF THE ORIGIN OF THE TIGRESS IN DIANA
[ CHAPTER XLII. ] THE PENULTIMATE: SHOWING A FINAL STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY AND RUN INTO HARNESS
[ CHAPTER XLIII. ] NUPTIAL CHAPTER; AND OF HOW A BARELY WILLING WOMAN WAS LED TO BLOOM WITH THE NUPTIAL SENTIMENT