Diana of the Crossways

by George Meredith

43 chapters16h 45mEnglish1885

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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

1Chapter 1: Of Diaries and Diarists Touching the Heroine

2232

2Chapter 2: An Irish Ball

1565

3Chapter 3: The Interior of Mr. Redworth, and the Exterior of Mr. Sullivan Smith

1096

4Chapter 4: Containing Hints of Diana's Experiences and of what They Led to

1876

5Chapter 5: Concerning the Scrupulous Gentleman who Came Too Late

1356

6Chapter 6: The Couple

1242

7Chapter 7: The Crisis

1255

8Chapter 8: In which is Exhibited How a Practical Man and a Divining Woman Learn to Respect One Another

2034

9Chapter 9: Shows How a Position of Delicacy for a Lady and Gentleman was Met in Simple Fashion Without Hurt to Either

1251

10Chapter 10: The Conflict of the Night

660

11Chapter 11: Recounts the Journey in a Chariot, with a Certain Amount of Dialogue, and a Small Incident on the Road

995

12Chapter 12: Between Emma and Diana

903

13Chapter 13: Touching the First Days of Her Probation

1330

14Chapter 14: Giving Glimpses of Diana Under Her Cloud Before the World and of Her Further Apprenticeship

2019

15Chapter 15: Introduces the Hon. Percy Dacier

1706

16Chapter 16: Treats of a Midnight Bell, and of a Scene of Early Morning

2102

17Chapter 17: 'The Princess Egeria'

1537

18Chapter 18: The Authoress

1260

19Chapter 19: A Drive in Sunlight and a Drive in Moonlight

1566

20Chapter 20: Diana a Night-Watch in the Chamber of Death

1176

21Chapter 21: 'The Young Minister of State'

1517

22Chapter 22: Between Diana and Dacier: The Wind East Over Bleak Land

1087

23Chapter 23: Records a Visit to Diana from One of the World’s Good Women

1225

24Chapter 24: Indicates a Soul Prepared for Desperation

925

25Chapter 25: Once More the Crossways and a Change of Turnings

1182

26Chapter 26: In which a Disappointed Lover Receives a Multitude of Lessons

1655

27Chapter 27: Contains Matter for Subsequent Explosion

2187

28Chapter 28: Dialogue Round the Subject of a Portrait, with Some Indications of the Task for Diana

1859

29Chapter 29: Shows the Approaches of the Political and the Domestic Crisis in Company

2050

30Chapter 30: In which There is a Taste of a Little Dinner and an Aftertaste

1229

31Chapter 31: A Chapter Containing Great Political News and Therewith an Intrusion of the Love-God

689

32Chapter 32: Wherein We Behold a Giddy Turn at the Spectral Crossways

843

33Chapter 33: Exhibits the Springing of a Mine in a Newspaper Article

932

34Chapter 34: In which it is Darkly Seen How the Criminal's Judge May Be Love's Criminal

1054

35Chapter 35: Reveals How the True Heroine of Romance Comes Finally to Her, Time of Triumph

1313

36Chapter 36: Is Conclusive as to the Heartlessness of Women with Brains

1262

37Chapter 37: An Exhibition of Some Champions of the Stricken Lady

1351

38Chapter 38: Convalescence of a Healthy Mind Distraught

881

39Chapter 39: Of Nature with One of Her Cultivated Daughters and a Short Excursion in Anti-Climax

1807

40Chapter 40: In which We See Nature Making of a Woman a Maid Again, and a Thrice Whimsical

1556

41Chapter 41: Contains a Revelation of the Origin of the Tigress in Diana

1122

42Chapter 42: The Penultimate: Showing a Final Struggle for Liberty and Run into Harness

1482

43Chapter 43: Nuptial Chapter; and of How a Barely Willing Woman was Led to Bloom with the Nuptial Sentiment

1947

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