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The Amazing Marriage — Complete

George Meredith

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 400 pages

The Amazing Marriage is an 1895 novel by George Meredith. It follows an unconventional marriage and the social ripples it creates, with the witty Dame Gossip acting as a chorus-like narrator. Meredith's prose and insight into Victorian manners make it engaging.

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THE AMAZING MARRIAGE
By George Meredith
1895
CHAPTER I.   ENTER DAME GOSSIP AS CHORUS
CHAPTER II.   MISTRESS GOSSIP TELLS OF THE
ELOPEMENT OF THE COUNTESS OF CRESSETT WITH THE
OLD BUCCANEER
CHAPTER III.   CONTINUATION OF THE INTRODUCTORY
MEANDERINGS OF DAME GOSSIP, TOGETHER WITH HER
SUDDEN EXTINCTION
CHAPTER IV.   MORNING AND FAREWELL TO AN OLD
HOME
CHAPTER V.   A MOUNTAIN WALK IN MIST AND
SUNSHINE
CHAPTER VI.   THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHER
CHAPTER VII.   THE LADY’S LETTER
CHAPTER VIII.   OF THE ENCOUNTER OF TWO STRANGE
YOUNG MEN AND THEIR CONSORTING

CHAPTER IX.   CONCERNING THE BLACK GODDESS
FORTUNE AND THE WORSHIP OF HER
CHAPTER X.   SMALL CAUSES
CHAPTER XI.   THE PRISONER OF HIS WORD
CHAPTER XII.   HENRIETTA’S LETTER TREATING OF
THE GREAT EVENT
CHAPTER
XIII.
AN
IRRUPTION.
OF
MISTRESS
GOSSIP IN BREACH OF THE CONVENTION
CHAPTER XIV.   A PENDANT OF THE FOREGOING
CHAPTER XV.   OPENING STAGE OF THE HONEYMOON
CHAPTER XVI.   IN WHICH THE BRIDE FROM FOREIGN
PARTS IS GIVEN A TASTE OF OLD ENGLAND
CHAPTER XVII.   RECORDS A SHADOW CONTEST CLOSE
ON THE FOREGOING
CHAPTER XVIII.   DOWN WHITECHAPEL WAY
CHAPTER XIX.   THE GIRL MADGE
CHAPTER XX.   STUDIES IN FOG, GOUT, AN OLD
SEAMAN, AND A LOVELY SERPENT
CHAPTER
XXI.
IN
WHICH
WE
HAVE
FURTHER
GLIMPSES OF THE WONDROUS MECHANISM OF OUR
YOUNGER MAN
CHAPTER XXII.   A RIGHT-MINDED GREAT LADY
CHAPTER XXIII.   IN DAME GOSSIP’S VEIN
CHAPTER XXIV.   A KIDNAPPING AND NO GREAT HARM
CHAPTER XXV.   THE PHILOSOPHER MAN OF ACTION
CHAPTER XXVI.   AFTER SOME FENCING THE DAME
PASSES OUR GUARD

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Contents

  1. THE AMAZING MARRIAGE
  2. 1895
  3. CHAPTER I. ENTER DAME GOSSIP AS CHORUS
  4. CHAPTER II. MISTRESS GOSSIP TELLS OF THE ELOPEMENT OF THE COUNTESS OF CRESSETT WITH THE OLD BUCCANEER, AND OF CHARLES DU
  5. CHAPTER III. CONTINUATION OF THE INTRODUCTORY MEANDERINGS OF DAME GOSSIP, TOGETHER WITH HER SUDDEN EXTINCTION
  6. CHAPTER IV. MORNING AND FAREWELL TO AN OLD HOME
  7. CHAPTER V. A MOUNTAIN WALK IN MIST AND SUNSHINE
  8. CHAPTER VI. THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHER
  9. CHAPTER VII. THE LADY’S LETTER
  10. CHAPTER VIII. OF THE ENCOUNTER OF TWO STRANGE YOUNG MEN AND THEIR CONSORTING: IN WHICH THE MALE READER IS REQUESTED TO B
  11. CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING THE BLACK GODDESS FORTUNE AND THE WORSHIP OF HER, TOGETHER WITH AN INTRODUCTION OF SOME OF HER VO
  12. CHAPTER X. SMALL CAUSES
  13. CHAPTER XI. THE PRISONER OF HIS WORD
  14. CHAPTER XII. HENRIETTA’S LETTER TREATING OF THE GREAT EVENT
  15. CHAPTER XIII. AN IRRUPTION. OF MISTRESS GOSSIP IN BREACH OF THE CONVENTION
  16. CHAPTER XIV. A PENDANT OF THE FOREGOING
  17. CHAPTER XV. OPENING STAGE OF THE HONEYMOON
  18. CHAPTER XVI. IN WHICH THE BRIDE FROM FOREIGN PARTS IS GIVEN A TASTE OF OLD ENGLAND
  19. CHAPTER XVII. RECORDS A SHADOW CONTEST CLOSE ON THE FOREGOING
  20. CHAPTER XVIII. DOWN WHITECHAPEL WAY
  21. CHAPTER XIX. THE GIRL MADGE
  22. CHAPTER XX. STUDIES IN FOG, GOUT, AN OLD SEAMAN, A LOVELY SERPENT, AND THE MORAL EFFECTS THAT MAY COME OF A BORROWED SHI
  23. CHAPTER XXI. IN WHICH WE HAVE FURTHER GLIMPSES OF THE WONDROUS MECHANISM OF OUR YOUNGER MAN
  24. CHAPTER XXII. A RIGHT-MINDED GREAT LADY
  25. CHAPTER XXIII. IN DAME GOSSIP’S VEIN
  26. CHAPTER XXIV. A KIDNAPPING AND NO GREAT HARM
  27. CHAPTER XXV. THE PHILOSOPHER MAN OF ACTION
  28. CHAPTER XXVI. AFTER SOME FENCING THE DAME PASSES OUR GUARD
  29. CHAPTER XXVII. WE DESCEND INTO A STEAMER’S ENGINE-ROOM
  30. CHAPTER XXVIII. BY CONCESSIONS TO MISTRESS GOSSIP A FURTHER INTRUSION IS AVERTED

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