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Fata Morgana: A Romance of Art Student Life in Paris

Chapter 2: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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The narrative follows a young painter in Paris whose grand mirage-inspired canvas wins the attention of an aristocratic patron and the city’s art world. A former circus performer poses for him while a charismatic newcomer stirs rivalries, flirtations, and jealousies among friends and rivals. Episodes range from bohemian balls and cramped studios to country fairs, theatrical spectacles, and an Adriatic sojourn that brings a ducal castle, a violent confrontation, and a daring rescue. Throughout, artistic ambition, youthful folly, loyalty, and questions of conscience influence personal choices and determine the characters’ fates.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Helia at the very summit of the car Frontispiece
The Concierge 5
The Cow Painting 13
The Great Canvas 21
The Little Saint John 31
Helia and her “Professor” 35
Phil courting Helia in the Yard 43
Phil arrives at the Hotel 53
Hammering the clay with a terrific blow of his fist 59
Socrate at Deux Magots 69
Stripped to the waist 75
“They are pigs!” 79
On the Roofs of the Louvre 91
“Only put your soul into it!” 103
He encumbered the room 113
A magnificent guardian stopped her 123
Miss Ethel and Empress Eugénie 129
Ethel, who was their leader 145
“Here is the engraving” 159
Giving the Flower to the Child 169
Cemetery 173
At the Circus 181
Phil rose up, pale with anger 193
Suddenly Socrate recognized Phil 199
“To whom shall I write?” 205
He approached in visible embarrassment 217
Poufaille’s Goods Ready for Auction 227
The Punch d’Indignation 235
Suzanne and Poufaille at the Louvre 253
Ethel and the Royal Throne 265
Watching the Arrival of the Rowrers 273
The Arrival of the Rowrers 277
Ethel and the Little Peasant Girls 291
Phil listening to Ethel 297
They went down into the garden 311
Suzanne and Poufaille at the Country Fair 319
The Banquet in the Ring of the Circus 333
Phil watching Helia and Socrate 351
Ethel stood upright in the ruined colonnade 371
She dreamed under a sky studded with stars 389
She arose angrily 395
The Searchlight on the Castle 407
Visiting the Castle 413
“Does the sight of so many weapons make you nervous?” 421
Helia facing the Assailants 433
The Return to the City 439
The Delegates 447
“Help me!” he cried 457
The peddler of pious pictures 467
The duke stood alone 473
“My people await their duchess” 483