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The Egoist

by George Meredith

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  1. 1Prelude
  2. 2Chapter I — A Minor Incident Showing an Hereditary Aptitude in the…
  3. 3Chapter II — The Young Sir Willoughby
  4. 4Chapter III — Constantia Durham
  5. 5Chapter IV — Laetitia Dale
  6. 6Chapter V — Clara Middleton
  7. 7Chapter VI — His Courtship
  8. 8Chapter VII — The Betrothed
  9. 9Chapter VIII — A Run With the Truant; a Walk With the Master
  10. 10Chapter IX — Clara and Laetitia Meet: They Are Compared
  11. 11Chapter X — In Which Sir Willoughby Chances to Supply the Title for…
  12. 12Chapter XI — The Double-Blossom Wild Cherry-Tree
  13. 13Chapter XII — Miss Middleton and Mr. Vernon Whitford
  14. 14Chapter XIII — The First Effort After Freedom
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Sir Willoughby and Laetitia
  16. 16Chapter XV — The Petition for a Release
  17. 17Chapter XVI — Clara and Laetitia
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Porcelain Vase
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Colonel de Craye
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Colonel de Craye and Clara Middleton
  21. 21Chapter XX — An Aged and a Great Wine
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Clara’s Meditations
  23. 23Chapter XXII — The Ride
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Treats of the Union of Temper and Policy
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — Contains an Instance of the Generosity of Willoughby
  26. 26Chapter XXV — The Flight in Wild Weather
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — Vernon in Pursuit
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — At the Railway Station
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — The Return
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — In Which the Sensitiveness of Sir Willoughby Is Expl…
  31. 31Chapter XXX — Treating of the Dinner-Party at Mrs. Mountstuart Jenk…
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — Sir Willoughby Attempts and Achieves Pathos
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — Laetitia Dale Discovers a Spiritual Change and Dr M…
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — In Which the Comic Muse Has an Eye on Two Good Souls
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — Mrs. Mountstuart and Sir Willoughby
  36. 36Chapter XXXV — Miss Middleton and Mrs. Mountstuart
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI — Animated Conversation at a Luncheon-Table
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII — Contains Clever Fencing and Intimations of the Nee…
  39. 39Chapter XXXVIII — In Which We Take a Step to the Centre of Egoism
  40. 40Chapter XXXIX — In the Heart of the Egoist
  41. 41Chapter XL — Midnight: Sir Willoughby and Laetitia: With Young Cros…
  42. 42Chapter XLI — The Rev. Dr. Middleton, Clara, and Sir Willoughby
  43. 43Chapter XLII — Shows the Divining Arts of a Perceptive Mind
  44. 44Chapter XLIII — In Which Sir Willoughby Is Led to Think That the El…
  45. 45Chapter XLIV — Dr Middleton: The Ladies Eleanor and Isabel: And Mr.…
  46. 46Chapter XLV — The Patterne Ladies: Mr. Dale: Lady Busshe and Lady C…
  47. 47Chapter XLVI — The Scene of Sir Willoughby’s Generalship
  48. 48Chapter XLVII — Sir Willoughby and His Friend Horace de Craye
  49. 49Chapter XLVIII — The Lovers
  50. 50Chapter XLIX — Laetitia and Sir Willoughby
  51. 51Chapter L — Upon Which the Curtain Falls

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