THE ORDEAL OF RICHARD FEVEREL

By George Meredith

1905



CONTENTS OF THE ENTIRE SERIES:

I. THE INMATES OF RAYNHAM ABBEY
II. THE FOURTEENTH BIRTHDAY TO TRY THE STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM
III. THE MAGIAN CONFLICT
IV. ARSON
V. ADRIAN PLIES HIS HOOK
VI. JUVENILE STRATAGEMS
VII. DAPHNE'S BOWER
VIII. THE BITTER CUP
IX. A FINE DISTINCTION
X. RICHARD PASSES THROUGH HIS PRELIMINARY ORDEAL
XI. THE LAST ACT OF THE BAKEWELL COMEDY IS CLOSED IN A LETTER
XII. THE BLOSSOMING SEASON
XIII. THE MAGNETIC AGE
XIV. AN ATTRACTION
XV. FERDINAND AND MIRANDA
XVI. UNMASKING OF MASTER RIPTON THOMPSON
XVII. GOOD WINE AND GOOD BLOOD
XVIII. THE SYSTEM ENCOUNTERS THE WILD OATS SPECIAL PLEA
XIX. A DIVERSION PLAYED ON A PENNY WHISTLE
XX. CELEBRATES THE TIME-HONOURED TREATMENT OF A DRAGON BY THE HERO