Diana of the Crossways
by George MEREDITH (1828 - 1909)
Inspired by the real life story of Caroline Norton, a friend of the author's, this book tells about a lively woman who is trapped in a miserable marriage. Yet Diana is not one to give up in her quest for love, happiness and fulfillment. - Summary by Stav Nisser
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Diana of the Crossways:
Chapter 26: In which a Disappointed Lover Receives a Multitude of Lessons ,
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 ,
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 the Nuptial Sentiment