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The Golden Dog

William Kirby · 1877

Original text in English.

A historical novel of the waning New France, built on a Quebec legend and on the real corruption of the colonial administration on the eve of the Conquest.

Novel · 55 parts · about 228 000 words · about 16 h 32 of reading

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Contents

  1. AUTHOR'S PREFATORY NOTE1 min
  2. IMEN OF THE OLD RÉGIME15 min
  3. IITHE WALLS OF QUEBEC8 min
  4. IIIA CHATELAINE OF NEW FRANCE16 min
  5. IVCONFIDENCES16 min
  6. VTHE ITINERANT NOTARY21 min
  7. VIBEAUMANOIR10 min
  8. VIITHE INTENDANT BIGOT23 min
  9. VIIICAROLINE DE ST. CASTIN22 min
  10. IXPIERRE PHILIBERT11 min
  11. XAMÉLIE DE REPENTIGNY11 min
  12. XITHE SOLDIER'S WELCOME21 min
  13. XIITHE CASTLE OF ST. LOUIS17 min
  14. XIIITHE CHIEN D'OR23 min
  15. XIVTHE COUNCIL OF WAR19 min
  16. XVTHE CHARMING JOSEPHINE22 min
  17. XVIANGÉLIQUE DES MELOISES22 min
  18. XVIISPLENDIDE MENDAX25 min
  19. XVIIITHE MEROVINGIAN PRINCESS12 min
  20. XIXPUT MONEY IN THY PURSE19 min
  21. XXBELMONT14 min
  22. XXISIC ITUR AD ASTRA25 min
  23. XXIISO GLOZED THE TEMPTER17 min
  24. XXIIISEALS OF LOVE, BUT SEALED IN VAIN14 min
  25. XXIVTHE HURRIED QUESTION OF DESPAIR16 min
  26. XXVBETWIXT THE LAST VIOLET AND THE EARLIEST ROSE17 min
  27. XXVITHE CANADIAN BOAT-SONG23 min
  28. XXVIICHEERFUL YESTERDAYS AND CONFIDENT TO-MORROWS15 min
  29. XXVIIIA DAY AT THE MANOR HOUSE24 min
  30. XXIXFELICES TER ET AMPLIUS12 min
  31. XXX“NO SPEECH OF SILK WILL SERVE YOUR TURN.”22 min
  32. XXXITHE BALL AT THE INTENDANT'S PALACE13 min
  33. XXXII“ON WITH THE DANCE.”14 min
  34. XXXIIILA CORRIVEAU36 min
  35. XXXIVWEIRD SISTERS20 min
  36. XXXV“FLASKETS OF DRUGS, FULL TO THEIR WICKED LIPS.”11 min
  37. XXXVITHE BROAD, BLACK GATEWAY OF A LIE17 min
  38. XXXVIIARRIVAL OF PIERRE PHILIBERT9 min
  39. XXXVIIIA WILD NIGHT INDOORS AND OUT22 min
  40. XXXIXMÈRE MALHEUR34 min
  41. XLQUOTH THE RAVEN, “NEVERMORE!”13 min
  42. XLIA DEED WITHOUT A NAME19 min
  43. XLII“LET'S TALK OF GRAVES AND WORMS AND EPITAPHS.”34 min
  44. XLIIISILK GLOVES OVER BLOODY HANDS39 min
  45. XLIVTHE INTENDANT'S DILEMMA16 min
  46. XLV“I WILL FEED FAT THE ANCIENT GRUDGE I BEAR HIM.”16 min
  47. XLVITHE BOURGEOIS PHILIBERT19 min
  48. XLVIIA DRAWN GAME13 min
  49. XLVIII“IN GOLD CLASPS LOCKS IN THE GOLDEN STORY.”13 min
  50. XLIXTHE MARKET-PLACE ON ST. MARTIN'S DAY9 min
  51. L“BLESSED THEY WHO DIE DOING THY WILL.”29 min
  52. LIEVIL NEWS RIDES POST11 min
  53. LIITHE LAMP OF REPENTIGNY25 min
  54. LIII“LOVELY IN DEATH THE BEAUTEOUS RUIN LAY.”14 min
  55. LIV“THE MILLS OF GOD GRIND SLOWLY.”14 min

About this text

William Kirby († 1906): public-domain work. The text is that of the Project Gutenberg e-book (no. 2735). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.

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