Wheel of Life
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Wheel of Life

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Wheel of Life

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About this book

Born, raised and educated in Richmond, Virginia, novelist Ellen Glasgow began to receive literary acclaim for her realistic portraits of life in the region. However, with the novel The Wheel of Life, Glasgow shifts the scene to bustling New York City, where poet Laura Wilde attempts to navigate the treacherous waters of romance.

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Publisher
The Floating Press
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781776599370
Edition
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Table of contents

  1. THE WHEEL OF LIFE
  2. Contents
  3. PART I - IMPULSE
  4. Chapter I - In Which the Romantic Hero is Conspicuous by His Absence
  5. Chapter II - Treats of an Eccentric Family
  6. Chapter III - Apologises for an Old-Fashioned Atmosphere
  7. Chapter IV - Ushers in the Modern Spirit
  8. Chapter V - In Which a Young Man Dreams Dreams
  9. Chapter VI - Shows that Mr. Worldly-Wise-Man May Belong to Either Sex
  10. Chapter VII - The Irresistible Force
  11. Chapter VIII - Proves that a Poor Lover May Make an Excellent Friend
  12. Chapter IX - Of Masques and Mummeries
  13. Chapter X - Shows the Hero to Be Lacking in Heroic Qualities
  14. Chapter XI - In Which a Lie is the Better Part of Truth
  15. PART II - ILLUSION
  16. Chapter I - Of Pleasure as the Chief End of Man
  17. Chapter II - An Advance and a Retreat
  18. Chapter III - The Moth and the Flame
  19. Chapter IV - Treats of the Attraction of Opposites
  20. Chapter V - Shows the Dangers as Well as the Pleasures of the Chase
  21. Chapter VI - The Finer Vision
  22. Chapter VII - In Which Failure is Crowned by Failure
  23. Chapter VIII - "The Small Old Path"
  24. Chapter IX - The Triumph of the Ego
  25. Chapter X - In Which Adams Comes into His Inheritance
  26. Chapter XI - On the Wings of Life
  27. PART III - DISENCHANTMENT
  28. Chapter I - A Disconsolate Lover and a Pair of Blue Eyes
  29. Chapter II - The Deification of Clay
  30. Chapter III - The Greatest of These
  31. Chapter IV - Adams Watches in the Night and Sees the Dawn
  32. Chapter V - Treats of the Poverty of Riches
  33. Chapter VI - The Feet of the God
  34. Chapter VII - In Which Kemper is Puzzled
  35. Chapter VIII - Shows that Love Without Wisdom is Folly
  36. Chapter IX - Of the Fear in Love
  37. Chapter X - The End of the Path
  38. PART IV - RECONCILIATION
  39. Chapter I - The Secret Chambers
  40. Chapter II - In Which Laura Enters the Valley of Humiliation
  41. Chapter III - Proves a Great City to Be a Great Solitude
  42. Chapter IV - Shows that True Love is True Service
  43. Chapter V - Between Laura and Gerty
  44. Chapter VI - Renewal