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Ellie, or, The human comedy

Cooke, John Esten (1830-1886)
  
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INTRODUCTORY.
  
CONTENTS.

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BOOK I.
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BOOK II.
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CHAPTER I. MUSINGS OF A JOURNALIST.
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CHAPTER II. THE OLD ACTORS—WHERE ARE THEY?
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CHAPTER III. HOW SANSOUCY RELATED A FAIRY TALE WITH REAL PERSONAGES, FOR HIS FRIEND'S AMUSEMENT.
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CHAPTER IV. DOCTOR FOSSYL AND THE DANCE OF DEATH.
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CHAPTER V. THE APPIAN WAY AND THE CATACOMBS.
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CHAPTER VI. PHILOSOPHY OF THE “DANCE.”
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CHAPTER VII. HOW SANSOUCY WAS DEFEATED BY MR. HEARTSEASE.
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CHAPTER VI. HEARTSEASE CRITICISES MISS GOSYP AND THE BANKS.
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CHAPTER IX. CONTAINS A CHARCOAL SKETCH OF CAPTAIN TARNISH.
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CHAPTER X. MR. SANSOUCY DESCENDS INTO LOW LIFE AND MAKES HIMSELF AGREEABLE.
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CHAPTER XI. AURELIA'S DRESS.
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CHAPTER XII. ELLIE MEETS A CYNICAL VISITOR.
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CHAPTER XIII. WIDE-AWAKE AND HIS ENEMIES.
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CHAPTER XIV. WIDE-AWAKE MEDITATES FELONY IN BEHALF OF LUCIA.
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CHAPTER XV. AUNT PHILLIS IN HER CASTLE.
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CHAPTER XVI. THE OLD DAYS AND THE NEW.
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CHAPTER XVII. ELLIE'S DRESS DOES NOT FIT HER.
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CHAPTER XVIII. DOCTOR FOSSYL AND HIS THEORIES.
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CHAPTER XIX. THE HYMN.
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CHAPTER XX. CONTAINS AN ACCOUNT OF MONSIEUR GUILLEMOT'S BANKRUPTCY.
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CHAPTER XXI. RECOLLECTIONS OF AUNT PHILLIS.
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CHAPTER XXII. HOW AN UNKNOWN FRIEND SENT LUCIA A DRESS
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CHAPTER XXIII. WHAT BETTER EPITAPH!
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CHAPTER XXIV. IN THE ARENA: WITH SKETCHES OF THE GLADIATORS.
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CHAPTER XXV. THE OPERA OF DON GIOVANNI.
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CHAPTER XXVI. HOW MR. INCLEDON CALLED ON MR. FANTISH, AND WHAT PASSED.
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CHAPTER XXVII. HOW A MAN WAS TREATED BY A WOMAN—A CHAPTER OF INTEREST TO PHILOSOPHERS.
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CHAPTER XXVIII. THE LETTER.
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CHAPTER XXIX. DELILAH.
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CHAPTER XXX. THE NIGHT PRECEDING THURSDAY MORNING: THREE SCENES OF THE COMEDY.
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CHAPTER XXXI. SCENE THE SECOND.
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CHAPTER XXXII. SCENE THIRD AND LAST.
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CHAPTER XXXIII. THE ELOPEMENT.
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CHAPTER XXXIV. HOW A WOMAN WAS TREATED BY A MAN.
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CHAPTER XXXV. HOW CAPTAIN TARNISH CAME TO AND WENT FROM MR. SANSOUCY'S OFFICE.
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CHAPTER XXXVI. WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THE SHOOTING GALLERY.
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CHAPTER XXXVII. DOCTOR FOSSYL AND HIS PATIENT.
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CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE WAYS OF PROVIDENCE.
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BOOK III.

  
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506EAF. Illustrated Title-Page, with illustration of a young woman with a basket full of sticks walking through a gate.

ELLIE:
OR,
THE HUMAN COMEDY.

By John Esten Cooke.

AUTHOR OF “THE VIRGINIA COMEDIANS,” “LEATHER STOCKING AND SILK,” “THE YOUTH OF JEFFERSON,” “PEONY,” etc. “Thrice blest whose lives are faithful prayers, Whose loves in higher love endure; What souls possess themselves so pure, Or is there happiness like theirs!” TENNYSON

With Illustrations after Designs by Strother.

RICHMOND:
Published by A. Morris.
© 1855.
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