Novels
DIANA OF THE CROSSWAYS
By George Meredith
1897
Contents
BOOK 1. Chapter 1: Of Diaries And Diarists Touching The Heroine Chapter 2: An Irish Ball Chapter 3: The Interior Of Mr. Redworth And The Exterior Of Mr. Sullivan Smith Chapter 4: Containing Hints Of Diana's Experiences And Of What They Led To Chapter 5: Concerning The Scrupulous Gentleman Who Came Too Late Chapter 6: The Couple Chapter 7: The Crisis Chapter 8: In Which Is Exhibited How A Practical Man And A Divining Woman Learn To Respect One Another
BOOK 2. Chapter 9: Shows How A Position Of Delicacy For A Lady And Gentleman Was Met In Simple Fashion Without Hurt To Either. Chapter 10: The Conflict Of The Night Chapter 11: Recounts The Journey In A Chariot, With A Certain Amount Of Dialogue, And A Small Incident On The Road Chapter 12: Between Emma And Diana Chapter 13: Touching The First Days Of Her Probation Chapter 14: Giving Glimpses Of Diana Under Her Cloud Before The World And Of Her Further Apprenticeship Chapter 15: Introduces The Hon. Percy Dacier Chapter 16: Treats Of A Midnight Bell, And Of A Scene Of Early Morning Chapter 17: The Princess Egeria
BOOK 3. Chapter 18: The Authoress Chapter 19: A Drive In Sunlight And A Drive In Moonlight Chapter 20: Diana's Night-WATCH In The Chamber Of Death Chapter 21: The Young Minister Of State Chapter 22: Between Diana And Dacier : The Wind East Over Bleak Land Chapter 23: Records A Visit To Diana From One Of The World's Good Women Chapter 24: Indicates A Soul Prepared For Desperation Chapter 25: Once More The Crossways And A Change Of Turnings Chapter 26: In Which A Disappointed Lover Receives A Multitude Of Lessons
BOOK 4. Chapter 27: Contains Matter For Subsequent Explosion Chapter 28: Dialogue Round The Subject Of A Portrait, With Some Indications Of The Task For Diana Chapter 29: Shows The Approaches Of The Political And The Domestic Crisis In Company Chapter 30: In Which There Is A Taste Of A Little Dinner And An Aftertaste Chapter 31: A Chapter Containing Great Political News And Therewith An Intrusion Of The Love-GOD Chapter 32: Wherein We Behold A Giddy Turn At The Spectral Crossways Chapter 33: Exhibits The Springing Of A Mine In A Newspaper Article Chapter 34: In Which It Is Darkly Seen How The Criminal's Judge May Be Love's Criminal Chapter 35: Reveals How The True Heroine Of Romance Comes Finally To Her, Time Of Triumph
BOOK 5. Chapter 36: Is Conclusive As To The Heartlessness Of Women With Brains Chapter 37: An Exhibition Of Some Champions Of The Stricken Lady Chapter 38: Convalescence Of A Healthy Mind Distraught Chapter 39: Of Nature With One Of Her Cultivated Daughters And A Short Excursion In Anti-CLIMAX Chapter 40: In Which We See Nature Making Of A Woman A Maid Again, And A Thrice Whimsical Chapter 41: Contains A Revelation Of The Origin Of The Tigress In Diana Chapter 42: The Penultimate : Showing A Final Struggle For Liberty And Run Into Harness Chapter 43: Nuptial Chapter: And Of How A Barely Willing Woman Was Led To Bloom With Nuptial Sentiment
A lady of high distinction for wit and beauty the daughter of an illustrious Irish House, came under the shadow of a calumny. It has latterly been examined and exposed as baseless. The story of Diana of the Crossways is to be read as fiction.