Only a clod — M. E. Braddon

Only a clod

Novel
Book language: English
402 pages

"Only a Clod" is a Victorian novel by M. E. Braddon, the author of Lady Audley's Secret. It belongs to the sensation fiction tradition and follows characters whose lives are shaped by family secrets and social expectations. It is worth listening to for Braddon's engaging storytelling and her portrait of Victorian society.

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Contents

ONLY A CLOD
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. THE MASTER.
CHAPTER II. THE MAN.
CHAPTER III. TIDINGS OF HOME.
CHAPTER IV. TREDETHLYN’S LUCK.
CHAPTER V. COMING HOME.
CHAPTER VI. THE END OF THE WORLD.
CHAPTER VII. MAUDE HILLARY’S ADORERS.
CHAPTER VIII. AT THE CHÂTEAU DE BOURBON.
CHAPTER IX. JULIA DESMOND MAKES HERSELF AGREEABLE.
CHAPTER X. COLTONSLOUGH.
CHAPTER XI. A VERY OLD STORY.
CHAPTER XII. A MODERN GENTLEMAN’S DIARY.
CHAPTER XIII. CAUGHT IN THE TOILS.
CHAPTER XIV. VERY PRIVATE THEATRICALS.
CHAPTER XV. A COMMERCIAL CRISIS.
CHAPTER XVI. A DRAMA THAT WAS ACTED BEHIND THE SCENES.
CHAPTER XVII. SOMETHING LIKE FRIENDSHIP.
CHAPTER XVIII. POOR FRANCIS.
CHAPTER XIX. MR. HILLARY SPEAKS HIS MIND.
CHAPTER XX. AN EXPLANATION.
CHAPTER XXI. HARCOURT LOWTHER’S WELCOME.
CHAPTER XXII. TAKING IT QUIETLY.
CHAPTER XXIII. TIDINGS OF SUSAN.
CHAPTER XXIV. FRANCIS TREDETHLYN’S DISINTERESTED ADVISER.
CHAPTER XXV. THE ROAD TO RUIN.
CHAPTER XXVI. A CHILLING RECONCILIATION.
CHAPTER XXVII. SEEING A GHOST.
CHAPTER XXVIII. “OH, MY AMY! MINE NO MORE!”

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