The Egoist
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The Egoist

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eBook - ePub

The Egoist

With Linked Table of Contents

About this book

The novel recounts the story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patterne and his attempts at marriage; jilted by his first bride-to-be, he vacillates between the sentimental Laetitia Dale and the strong-willed Clara Middleton. More importantly, the novel follows Clara's attempts to escape from her engagement to Sir Willoughby, who desires women to serve as a mirror for him and consequently cannot understand why she would not want to marry him. Thus, The Egoist dramatizes the difficulty contingent upon being a woman in Victorian society, when women's bodies and minds are trafficked between fathers and husbands to cement male bonds.

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Information

Publisher
Dancing Unicorn Books
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781515408321
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

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