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Book First
The Three Women
- 1. A Face on WhichTimeMakes But Little Impression...............3
- II. Humanity Appears Upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble..9
- III. The Custom of the Country..................................16
- IV. The Halt on the TurnPike Road...............................40
- V. Perplexity Among Honest People...............................46
- VI. The Figure Against the Sky..................................61
- VII. Quenn of Night..............................................77
- VIII. Those who are Found where there is said to be Nobody.......85
- IX. Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy........................92
- X. A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion.............................104
- XI. The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman............................115
Book Second
The Arrival
- I. Tidings of the Comer................................................127
- II. The People at Blooms-End make Ready................................133
- III. How a Little sound produced a Great Dream.........................139
- IV. Eustacia is led on to an Adventure.................................145
- V. Through the Moonlight...............................................157
- VI. The Two stand face to face.........................................166
- VII. A Coalition Between Beauty and Oddness............................180
- VIII. Firmness is Discovered in a Gentle Heart.........................191
Book Third
The Fascination
- I. My Mind to me a Kingdom is'.........................................205
- II.The New Course Causes Disappointment................................211
- III. The First Act in a Timeworn Drama.................................222
- IV. An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness.........................239
- V. Sharp Words are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues.........................249
- VI. Yeobright goes, and the Breach is Complete.........................258
- VII. The Morning and the Evening of a Day..............................267
- VIII. A New force disturbs the Current.................................284
Book Fourth
The Closed Door
- I. The Rencounter by the Pool..........................................295
- II. He is Set Upon by Adversitites; but he Sings a Song................304
- III. She goes out to Battle against Depression.........................317
- IV. Rouvh Coercion is Employed.........................................332
- V. The Journey Across the Heath........................................341
- VI. A Conjuncture, and its Result upon the Pedestrian..................347
- VII. The Tragic Meeting of Two old Friends.............................360
- VIII. Eustacia hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds Evil..................369
Book Fifth
The Discovery
- I. 'Wherefore is Light Given to Him That is in Misery?'................381
- II. A Lurid light breaks in upon Darkened Understanding................391
- III. Eustacia dresses herself on a black Morning.......................403
- IV. The Ministrations of a Half-Forgotten One..........................413
- V. An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated..................................420
- VI. Thomasin Argues with her Cousin, and he writes a letter............428
- VII. The Night of the sixth of November................................436
- VIII. Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers............................446
- IX. Sights and Sounds draw the Wanderers together......................458
Book Sixth
Aftercourses
- I. The Inevitable Movement Onward......................................473
- II. Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman Road..................484
- III. The Serious Discourse of Clym with his Cousin.....................489
- IV. Cheerfulness again asserts itself at Bloomsend,
and Clym finds his Vocation.................................................495
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