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Beauchamp's Career — Complete

by George Meredith

Pages
about 697
Category
Literature & Fiction
Language
English
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CHAPTER I. THE CHAMPION OF HIS COUNTRY CHAPTER II. UNCLE, NEPHEW, AND ANOTHER CHAPTER III. CONTAINS BARONIAL VIEWS OF THE PRESENT TIME CHAPTER IV. A GLIMPSE OF NEVIL IN ACTION CHAPTER V. RENÉE CHAPTER VI. LOVE IN VENICE CHAPTER VII. AN AWAKENING FOR BOTH CHAPTER VIII. A NIGHT ON THE ADRIATIC CHAPTER IX. MORNING AT SEA UNDER THE ALPS CHAPTER X. A SINGULAR COUNCIL CHAPTER XI. CAPTAIN BASKELETT CHAPTER XII. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE INFAMOUS DR. SHRAPNEL CHAPTER XIII. A SUPERFINE CONSCIENCE CHAPTER XIV. THE LEADING ARTICLE AND MR. TIMOTHY TURBOT CHAPTER XV. CECILIA HALKETT CHAPTER XVI. A PARTIAL DISPLAY OF BEAUCHAMP IN HIS COLOURS CHAPTER XVII. HIS FRIEND AND FOE CHAPTER XVIII. CONCERNING THE ACT OF CANVASSING CHAPTER XIX. LORD PALMET, AND CERTAIN ELECTORS OF BEVISHAM CHAPTER XX. A DAY AT ITCHINCOPE CHAPTER XXI. THE QUESTION AS TO THE EXAMINATION OF THE WHIGS, AND THE FINE BLOW STRUCK BY MR. EVERARD ROMFREY CHAPTER XXII. THE DRIVE INTO BEVISHAM CHAPTER XXIII. TOURDESTELLE CHAPTER XXIV. HIS HOLIDAY CHAPTER XXV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BOAT CHAPTER XXVI. MR. BLACKBURN TUCKHAM CHAPTER XXVII. A SHORT SIDELOOK AT THE ELECTION CHAPTER XXVIII. TOUCHING A YOUNG LADY’S HEART AND HER INTELLECT CHAPTER XXIX. THE EPISTLE OF DR. SHRAPNEL TO COMMANDER BEAUCHAMP CHAPTER XXX. THE BAITING OF DR. SHRAPNEL CHAPTER XXXI. SHOWING A CHIVALROUS GENTLEMAN SET IN MOTION CHAPTER XXXII. AN EFFORT TO CONQUER CECILIA IN BEAUCHAMP’S FASHION CHAPTER XXXIII. THE FIRST ENCOUNTER AT STEYNHAM CHAPTER XXXIV. THE FACE OF RENÉE CHAPTER XXXV. THE RIDE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION CHAPTER XXXVI. PURSUIT OF THE APOLOGY OF MR. ROMFREY TO DR. SHRAPNEL CHAPTER XXXVII. CECILIA CONQUERED CHAPTER XXXVIII. LORD AVONLEY CHAPTER XXXIX. BETWEEN BEAUCHAMP AND CECILIA CHAPTER XL. A TRIAL OF HIM CHAPTER XLI. A LAME VICTORY CHAPTER XLII. THE TWO PASSIONS CHAPTER XLIII. THE EARL OF ROMFREY AND THE COUNTESS CHAPTER XLIV. THE NEPHEWS OF THE EARL, AND ANOTHER EXHIBITION OF THE TWO PASSIONS IN BEAUCHAMP CHAPTER XLV. A LITTLE PLOT AGAINST CECILIA CHAPTER XLVI. AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FORESEEN CHAPTER XLVII.

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