CHAINS

LESSER NOVELS AND STORIES BY
THEODORE DREISER

New York
BONI & LIVERIGHT
1927

Copyright, 1927, by
Theodore Dreiser
Printed in the United States of America

FOREWORD

The inevitabilities of our fate are: Love and hope, fear and death, interwoven with our lacks, inhibitions, jealousies and greeds.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.Sanctuary[9]
II.The Hand[43]
III.Chains[64]
IV.St. Columba and the River[98]
V.Convention[133]
VI.Khat[156]
VII.Typhoon[181]
VIII.The Old Neighborhood[219]
IX.Phantom Gold[248]
X.Marriage for One[286]
XI.Fulfilment[301]
XII.The Victor[323]
XIII.The Shadow[347]
XIV.The “Mercy” of God[371]
XV.The Prince Who Was a Thief[392]