This novel of Virginians in New York City was hailed by the New York Times as "the first important novel of 1906" and compared favorably to Wharton's House of Mirth. The novel focuses on the struggles of an aspiring young poet, Laura Wilde, but at its true core is Roger Adams, a poignant study in Christ-like self-abnegation.
SAME AUTHOR
THE DELIVERANCE
THE BATTLE-GROUND
THE FREEMAN, AND OTHER POEMS
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
PHASES OF AN INFERIOR PLANET
THE DESCENDANT
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CONTENTS
PART I. Impulse
Chapter 1 BY THE
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Chapter 2 IN WHICH THE ROMANTIC HERO IS CONSPICUOUS BY HIS ABSENCE
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Chapter 3 TREATS OF AN ECCENTRIC FAMILY
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Chapter 4 APOLOGISES FOR AN OLD-FASHIONED ATMOSPHERE
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Chapter 5 USHERS IN THE MODERN SPIRIT
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Chapter 6 IN WHICH A YOUNG MAN DREAMS DREAMS
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Chapter 7 SHOWS THAT MR. WORLDLY-WISE-MAN MAY BELONG TO EITHER SEX
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Chapter 8 THE IRRESISTIBLE FORCE
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Chapter 9 PROVES THAT A POOR LOVER MAY MAKE AN EXCELLENT FRIEND
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Chapter 10 OF MASQUES AND MUMMERIES
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Chapter 11 SHOWS THE HERO TO BE LACKING IN HEROIC QUALITIES
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Chapter 12 OF PLEASURE AS THE CHIEF END OF MAN
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Chapter 13 AN ADVANCE AND A RETREAT
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Chapter 14 THE MOTH AND THE FLAME
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Chapter 15 TREATS OF THE ATTRACTION OF OPPOSITES
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Chapter 16 SHOWS THE DANGERS AS WELL AS THE PLEASURES OF THE CHASE
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Chapter 17 THE FINER VISION
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Chapter 18 IN WHICH FAILURE IS CROWNED BY FAILURE
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Chapter 19 THE SMALL OLD PATH
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Chapter 20 THE TRIUMPH OF THE EGO
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Chapter 21 IN WHICH ADAMS COMES INTO HIS INHERITANCE
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Chapter 22 A DISCONSOLATE LOVER AND A PAIR OF BLUE EYES
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Chapter 23 THE DEIFICATION OF CLAY
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Chapter 24 THE GREATEST OF THESE
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Chapter 25 ADAMS WATCHES IN THE NIGHT AND SEES THE DAWN
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Chapter 26 TREATS OF THE POVERTY OF RICHES
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Chapter 27 THE FEET OF THE GOD
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Chapter 28 IN WHICH KEMPER IS PUZZLED
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Chapter 29 SHOWS THAT LOVE WITHOUT WISDOM IS FOLLY
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Chapter 30 OF THE FEAR IN LOVE
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Chapter 31 THE SECRET CHAMBERS
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Chapter 32 IN WHICH LAURA ENTERS THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION
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Chapter 33 PROVES A GREAT CITY TO BE A GREAT SOLITUDE
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Chapter 34 SHOWS THAT TRUE LOVE IS TRUE SERVICE
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Chapter 35 BETWEEN LAURA AND GERTY
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Chapter 36 RENEWAL
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