MR. PROHACK
By Arnold Bennett
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
|
I |
THE
NEW POOR |
|
II |
FROM
THE DEAD |
|
III |
THE
LAW |
|
IV |
EVE'S
HEADACHE |
|
V |
CHARLIE |
|
VI |
SISSIE |
|
VII |
THE
SYMPATHETIC QUACK |
|
VIII |
SISSIE'S
BUSINESS |
|
IX |
COLLISION |
|
X |
THE
THEORY OF IDLENESS |
|
XI |
NEURASTHENIA
CURED |
|
XII |
THE
PRACTICE OF IDLENESS |
|
XIII |
FURTHER
IDLENESS |
|
XIV |
END
OF AN IDLE DAY |
|
XV |
THE
HEAVY FATHER |
|
XVI |
TRANSFER
OF MIMI |
|
XVII |
ROMANCE |
|
XVIII |
A
HOMELESS NIGHT |
|
XIX |
THE
RECEPTION |
|
XX |
THE
SILENT TOWER |
|
XXI |
EVE'S
MARTYRDOM |
|
XXII |
MR.
PROHACK'S TRIUMPH |
|
XXIII |
THE
YACHT |
HELEN WITH THE HIGH HAND
By Arnold Bennett
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I -- BEGINNING OF THE IDYLL
CHAPTER
II -- AN AFFAIR OF THE SEVENTIES
CHAPTER
III -- MARRYING OFF A MOTHER
CHAPTER
IV -- INVITATION TO TEA
CHAPTER
V -- A SALUTATION
CHAPTER
VI -- MRS. BUTT'S DEPARTURE
CHAPTER
VII -- THE NEW COOK
CHAPTER
VIII -- OMELETTE
CHAPTER
IX -- A GREAT CHANGE
CHAPTER
X -- A CALL
CHAPTER
XI -- ANOTHER CALL
CHAPTER
XII -- BREAKFAST
CHAPTER
XIII -- THE WORLD
CHAPTER
XIV -- SONG, SCENE AND DANCE
CHAPTER
XV -- THE GIFT
CHAPTER
XVI -- THE HALL AND ITS RESULT
CHAPTER
XVII -- DESCENDANTS OF MACHIAVELLI
CHAPTER
XVIII -- CHICANE
CHAPTER
XIX -- THE TOSSING
CHAPTER
XX -- THE FLITTING
CHAPTER
XXI -- SHIP AND OCEAN
CHAPTER
XXII -- CONFESSIONAL
CHAPTER
XXIII -- NOCTURNAL
CHAPTER
XXIV -- SEEING A LADY HOME
CHAPTER
XXV -- GIRLISH CONFIDENCES
CHAPTER
XXVI -- THE CONCERT
CHAPTER
XXVII -- UNKNOTTING AND KNOTTING
THE HUMAN MACHINE
By Arnold Bennett
CONTENTS
- TAKING ONESELF FOR GRANTED
- AMATEURS IN THE ART OF LIVING
- THE BRAIN AS A GENTLEMAN-AT-LARGE
- THE FIRST PRACTICAL STEP
- HABIT-FORMING BY CONCENTRATION
- LORD OVER THE NODDLE
- WHAT 'LIVING' CHIEFLY IS
- THE DAILY FRICTION
- 'FIRE!'
- MISCHIEVOUSLY OVERWORKING IT
- AN INTERLUDE
- AN INTEREST IN LIFE
- SUCCESS AND FAILURE
- A MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT
- L.S.D.
- REASON, REASON!
THE PRICE OF LOVE
A TALE
By Arnold Bennett
1914
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
MONEY IN THE HOUSE
CHAPTER II.
LOUIS' DISCOVERY
CHAPTER III.
THE FEAST
CHAPTER IV.
IN THE NIGHT
CHAPTER V.
NEWS OF THE NIGHT
CHAPTER VI.
THEORIES OF THE THEFT
CHAPTER VII.
THE CINEMA
CHAPTER VIII.
END AND BEGINNING
CHAPTER IX.
THE MARRIED WOMAN
CHAPTER X.
THE CHASM
CHAPTER XI.
JULIAN'S DOCUMENT
CHAPTER XII.
RUNAWAY HORSES
CHAPTER XIII.
DEAD-LOCK
CHAPTER XIV.
THE MARKET
CHAPTER XV.
THE CHANGED MAN
CHAPTER XVI.
THE LETTER
CHAPTER XVII.
IN THE MONASTERY
CHAPTER XVIII.
MRS. TAMS'S STRANGE BEHAVIOUR
CHAPTER XIX.
RACHEL AND MR. HORROCLEAVE
THE CARD
By Arnold Bennett
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE |
| I. THE DANCE | 7 |
| II. THE WIDOW HULLINS'S HOUSE | 27 |
| III. THE PANTECHNICON | 48 |
| IV. WRECKING OF A LIFE | 71 |
| V. THE MERCANTILE MARINE | 89 |
| VI. HIS BURGLARY | 112 |
| VII. THE RESCUER OF DAMES | 132 |
| VIII. RAISING A WIGWAM | 153 |
| IX. THE GREAT NEWSPAPER WAR | 177 |
| X. HIS INFAMY | 196 |
| XI. IN THE ALPS | 218 |
| XII. THE SUPREME HONOUR | 240 |
THE MATADOR OF THE FIVE TOWNS
And Other Stories
By Arnold Bennett
CONTENTS
TRAGIC
FROLIC
- JOCK-AT-A-VENTURE
- THE HEROISM OF THOMAS CHADWICK
- UNDER THE CLOCK
- THREE EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF MR COWLISHAW, DENTIST
- CATCHING THE TRAIN
- THE WIDOW OF THE BALCONY
- THE CAT AND CUPID
- THE FORTUNE-TELLER
- THE LONG-LOST UNCLE
- THE TIGHT HAND
- WHY THE CLOCK STOPPED
- HOT POTATOES
- HALF-A-SOVEREIGN
- THE BLUE SUIT
- THE TIGER AND THE BABY
- THE REVOLVER
- AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
TALES OF THE FIVE TOWNS
By Arnold Bennett