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The Egoist

George Meredith · 1879

Original text in English.

A man perfectly pleased with himself cannot understand why his fiancée wants to leave him.

Novel · 51 parts · about 187 000 words · about 13 h 35 of reading

Contents

1. PRELUDE8 min
2. IA MINOR INCIDENT SHOWING AN HEREDITARY APTITUDE IN THE USE OF THE KNIFE5 min
3. IITHE YOUNG SIR WILLOUGHBY9 min
4. IIICONSTANTIA DURHAM13 min
5. IVLAETITIA DALE23 min
6. VCLARA MIDDLETON14 min
7. VIHIS COURTSHIP15 min
8. VIITHE BETROTHED20 min
9. VIIIA RUN WITH THE TRUANT; A WALK WITH THE MASTER13 min
10. IXCLARA AND LAETITIA MEET: THEY ARE COMPARED18 min
11. XIN WHICH SIR WILLOUGHBY CHANCES TO SUPPLY THE TITLE FOR HIMSELF26 min
12. XITHE DOUBLE-BLOSSOM WILD CHERRY-TREE20 min
13. XIIMISS MIDDLETON AND MR. VERNON WHITFORD8 min
14. XIIITHE FIRST EFFORT AFTER FREEDOM19 min
15. XIVSIR WILLOUGHBY AND LAETITIA15 min
16. XVTHE PETITION FOR A RELEASE18 min
17. XVICLARA AND LAETITIA14 min
18. XVIITHE PORCELAIN VASE11 min
19. XVIIICOLONEL DE CRAYE13 min
20. XIXCOLONEL DE CRAYE AND CLARA MIDDLETON18 min
21. XXAN AGED AND A GREAT WINE17 min
22. XXICLARA'S MEDITATIONS18 min
23. XXIITHE RIDE20 min
24. XXIIITREATS OF THE UNION OF TEMPER AND POLICY19 min
25. XXIVCONTAINS AN INSTANCE OF THE GENEROSITY OF WILLOUGHBY19 min
26. XXVTHE FLIGHT IN WILD WEATHER24 min
27. XXVIVERNON IN PURSUIT9 min
28. XXVIIAT THE RAILWAY STATION13 min
29. XXVIIITHE RETURN11 min
30. XXIXIN WHICH THE SENSITIVENESS OF SIR WILLOUGHBY IS EXPLAINED: AND HE RECEIVES MUCH INSTRUCTION31 min
31. XXXTREATING OF THE DINNER-PARTY AT MRS. MOUNTSTUART JENKINSON'S14 min
32. XXXISIR WILLOUGHBY ATTEMPTS AND ACHIEVES PATHOS18 min
33. XXXIILAETITIA DALE DISCOVERS A SPIRITUAL CHANGE AND DR MIDDLETON A PHYSICAL14 min
34. XXXIIIIN WHICH THE COMIC MUSE HAS AN EYE ON TWO GOOD SOULS11 min
35. XXXIVMRS. MOUNTSTUART AND SIR WILLOUGHBY20 min
36. XXXVMISS MIDDLETON AND MRS. MOUNTSTUART25 min
37. XXXVIANIMATED CONVERSATION AT A LUNCHEON-TABLE16 min
38. XXXVIICONTAINS CLEVER FENCING AND INTIMATIONS OF THE NEED FOR IT15 min
39. XXXVIIIIN WHICH WE TAKE A STEP TO THE CENTRE OF EGOISM7 min
40. XXXIXIN THE HEART OF THE EGOIST12 min
41. XLMIDNIGHT: SIR WILLOUGHBY AND LAETITIA: WITH YOUNG CROSSJAY UNDER A COVERLET17 min
42. XLITHE REV. DR. MIDDLETON, CLARA, AND SIR WILLOUGHBY23 min
43. XLIISHOWS THE DIVINING ARTS OF A PERCEPTIVE MIND22 min
44. XLIIIIN WHICH SIR WILLOUGHBY IS LED TO THINK THAT THE ELEMENTS HAVE CONSPIRED AGAINST HIM22 min
45. XLIVDR MIDDLETON: THE LADIES ELEANOR AND ISABEL: AND MR. DALE15 min
46. XLVTHE PATTERNE LADIES: MR. DALE: LADY BUSSHE AND LADY CULMER: WITH MRS. MOUNTSTUART JENKINSON12 min
47. XLVITHE SCENE OF SIR WILLOUGHBY'S GENERALSHIP21 min
48. XLVIISIR WILLOUGHBY AND HIS FRIEND HORACE DE CRAYE16 min
49. XLVIIITHE LOVERS14 min
50. XLIXLAETITIA AND SIR WILLOUGHBY13 min
51. LUPON WHICH THE CURTAIN FALLS6 min

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