Eugene Aram — Volume 01 by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
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CHAPTER I.
IN WHICH WE RETURN TO WALTER.--HIS DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO MR. PERTINAX FILLGRAVE.--THE CORPORAL'S ADVICE, AND THE CORPORAL'S VICTORY. CHAPTER II. NEW TRACES OF THE FATE OF GEOFFREY LESTER.--WALTER AND THE CORPORAL PROCEED ON A FRESH EXPEDITION.--THE CORPORAL IS ESPECIALLY SAGACIOUS ON THE OLD TOPIC OF THE WORLD.--HIS OPINIONS ON THE MEN WHO CLAIM 'KNOWLEDGE THEREOF.--ON THE ADVANTAGES ENJOYED BY A VALET.--ON THE SCIENCE OF SUCCESSFUL LOVE.--ON VIRTUE AND THE CONSTITUTION.--ON QUALITIES TO BE DESIRED IN A MISTRESS, ETC.--A LANDSCAPE. CHAPTER III. A SCHOLAR, BUT OF A DIFFERENT MOULD FROM THE STUDENT OF GRASSDALE.--NEW PARTICULARS CONCERNING GEOFFREY LESTER.--THE JOURNEY RECOMMENCED. CHAPTER IV. ARAM'S DEPARTURE.--MADELINE.--EXAGGERATION OF SENTIMENT NATURAL IN LOVE.- -MADELINE'S LETTER.--WALTER'S.--THE WALK.--TWO VERY DIFFERENT PERSONS, YET BOTH INMATES OF THE SAME COUNTRY VILLAGE.--THE HUMOURS OF LIFE, AND ITS DARK PASSIONS, ARE FOUND IN JUXTA-POSITION EVERYWHERE. CHAPTER V. A REFLECTION NEW AND STRANGE.--THE STREETS OF LONDON.--A GREAT MAN'S LIBRARY.--A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE STUDENT AND AN ACQUAINTANCE OF THE READER'S.--ITS RESULT. CHAPTER VI. THE THAMES AT NIGHT.--A THOUGHT.--THE STUDENT RE-SEEKS THE RUFFIAN.--A HUMAN FEELING EVEN IN THE WORST SOIL. |
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