The Collected Works of Robert William Chambers E-Book

Robert W. Chambers

• Herausgeber: PergamonMedia
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Serie: Highlights of World Literature
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Seitenzahl: 17236

Beschreibung

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - 19.900 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The King in Yellow • The Mystery of Choice • In Search of the Unknown • The Dark Star • Who Goes There! • The Hidden Children • A Young Man in a Hurry, and Other Short Stories • Police!!! • The Tracer of Lost Persons • Cardigan • The Slayer Of souls • The Danger Mark • The Maid-At-Arms: A Novel • The Green Mouse • The Fighting Chance • The Adventures of a Modest Man • The Moonlit Way: A Novel • The King in Yellow, Part • In Secret • Ailsa Paige: A Novel • Barbarians • The Reckoning • The Business of Life • The Gay Rebellion • The Streets of Ascalon • The Crimson Tide: A Novel • Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. Various • The Common Law • The Younger Set • The Maids of Paradise • The Firing Line • Athalie • Special Messenger • Blue-Bird Weather • The King in Yellow • Between Friends • The Little Red Foot • Iole • Quick Action • The Flaming Jewel • Lorraine: A Romance • In the Quarter • etc.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

IN SECRET

DEDICATION

II

III

ENVOI

R. W. C.

IN SECRET

CHAPTER I

CUP AND LIP

"WE?"

"SEVEN UNITED STATES TRANSPORTS TO-DAY NEW YORK (BY THE) NORTHERN ROUTE. INFORM OUR U-BOATS. URGENCY REQUIRES INSTANT MEASURES. TEN MORE ARE TO SAIL FROM HERE NEXT WEEK."

CHAPTER II

THE SLIP

"CLIFFORD VAUX, ESQ.,

"EVELYN ERITH: E. C. D."

B 60-02,

"WHAT!!"

CHAPTER III

TO A FINISH

CHAPTER IV

WRECKAGE

CHAPTER V

ISLA WATER

CHAPTER VI

MOUNT TERRIBLE

"HELSA!"

CHAPTER VII

THE FORBIDDEN FOREST

"BUT A CABLE CROSSES!

CHAPTER VIII

THE LATE SIR W. BLINT

"SIR W. BLINT, BART."

"THIS IS THE BEGINNING, NOT THE END. THIS ENGLISHMAN STILL CARRIES ON!"

"THAT'S AN AMERICAN EAGLE!"

CHAPTER IX

THE BLINDER TRAIL

"WARNING!"

AND MCKAY SAW THAT HE WORE KNEE MOCCASINS.

CHAPTER X

THE GREATER LOVE

CHAPTER XI

VIA MALA

CHAPTER XII

THE GREAT SECRET

In the Quarter

THE ROMANTIC SCOTTISH BALLADS: THEIR EPOCH AND AUTHORSHIP.

QUICK ACTION

PREFACE

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XXIX

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XXXI

Works of Robert W. Chambers

For Children

The STREETS OF ASCALON

Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqṛẹ

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVII

The MOONLIT WAY

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE CLAIRE-DE-LUNE

I A SHADOW DANCE

II SUNRISE

III SUNSET

IV DUSK

V IN DRAGON COURT

VI DULCIE

VII OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

VIII DULCIE ANSWERS

IX HER DAY

X HER EVENING

XI HER NIGHT

XII THE LAST MAIL

XIII A MIDNIGHT TÊTE-À-TÊTE

XIV PROBLEMS

XV BLACKMAIL

XVI THE WATCHER

XVII A CONFERENCE

XVIII THE BABBLER

XIX A CHANCE ENCOUNTER

XX GROGAN’S

XXI THE WHITE BLACKBIRD

XXII FORELAND FARMS

XXIII A LION IN THE PATH

XXIV A SILENT HOUSE

XXV STARLIGHT

XXVI ’BE-N EIRINN I!

XXVII THE MOONLIT WAY

XXVIII GREEN JACKETS

XXIX ASTHORE

The Hidden Children

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

NOTE

THE LONG HOUSE

NENE KARENNA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

THE BEDFORD ROAD

CHAPTER II

POUNDRIDGE

CHAPTER III

VIEW HALLOO!

CHAPTER IV

A TRYST

CHAPTER V

THE GATHERING

CHAPTER VI

THE SPRING WAIONTHA

CHAPTER VII

LOIS

CHAPTER VIII

OLD FRIENDS

CHAPTER IX

MID-SUMMER

CHAPTER X

IN GARRISON

CHAPTER XI

A SCOUT OF SIX

"Ford, three feet at low water."

CHAPTER XII

AT THE FORD

CHAPTER XIII

THE HIDDEN CHILDREN

CHAPTER XIV

NAI TIOGA!

CHAPTER XV

BLOCK-HOUSE NO. 2

CHAPTER XVI

LANA HELMER

CHAPTER XVII

THE BATTLE OF CHEMUNG

CHAPTER XVIII

THE RITE OF THE HIDDEN CHILDREN

CHAPTER XIX

AMOCHOL

CHAPTER XX

YNDAIA

CHAPTER XXI

CHINISEE CASTLE

CHAPTER XXII

MES ADIEUX

THE GREEN MOUSE

PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. An Idyl of the Idle II. The Idler III. The Green Mouse IV. An Ideal Idol V. Sacharissa VI. In Wrong VII. The Invisible Wire VIII. "In Heaven and Earth" IX. A Cross-town Car X. The Lid Off XI. Betty XII. Sybilla XIII. The Crown Prince XIV. Gentlemen of the Press XV. Drusilla XVI. Flavilla

I

AN IDYL OF THE IDYL

II

THE IDLER

III

THE GREEN MOUSE

IV

AN IDEAL IDOL

V

SACHARISSA

VI

IN WRONG

VII

THE INVISIBLE WIRE

VIII

"IN HEAVEN AND EARTH"

IX

A CROSS-TOWN CAR

X

THE LID OFF

XI

BETTY

XII

SYBILLA

XIII

THE CROWN PRINCE

XIV

GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS

XV

DRUSILLA

XVI

FLAVILLA

THE GAY REBELLION

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II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

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XI

XII

XIII

XIV

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XVII

XVIII

XIX

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XXI

XXII

XXIII

LEFT OVER

XXIV

XXV

XXVI

XXVII

ENVOI

THE FIRING LINE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

A SKIRMISH

CHAPTER II

A LANDING

CHAPTER III

AN ADVANCE

CHAPTER IV

RECONNAISSANCE

CHAPTER V

A FLANK MOVEMENT

CHAPTER VI

ARMISTICE

CHAPTER VII

A CHANGE OF BASE