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Title: Life and Gabriella
The Story of a Woman's Courage
Author: Ellen Glasgow
Release Date: January 3, 2005 [EBook #14571]
Language: English
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LIFE AND
GABRIELLA
THE STORY OF A WOMAN'S COURAGE
BY
ELLEN GLASGOW
FRONTISPIECE
BY
C. ALLAN GILBERT
GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1916
CONTENTS
BOOK FIRST--THE AGE OF FAITH
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Presents a Shameless Heroine 3
II. Poor Jane 30
III. A Start in Life 61
IV. Mirage 90
V. The New World 122
VI. The Old Serpent 148
VII. Motherhood 176
BOOK SECOND--THE AGE OF KNOWLEDGE
I. Disenchantment. 211
II. A Second Start in Life 241
III. Work 274
IV. The Dream and the Years 300
V. Success 331
VI. Discoveries 368
VII. Readjustments 406
VIII. The Test 444
IX. The Past 476
X. Dream and the Reality 501
BOOK FIRST
THE AGE OF FAITH
CHAPTER I
PRESENTS A SHAMELESS HEROINE
After a day of rain the sun came out suddenly at five o'clock and threw
a golden bar into the deep Victorian gloom of the front parlour. On the
window-sill, midway between the white curtains, a pot of blu
+1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10 +11 +12 +13 +14 +15 +16 +17 +18 +19 +20 +21 +22 +23 +24 +25 +26 +27 +28 +29 +30 +31 +32 +33 +34 +35 +36 +37 +38 +39 +40 +41 +42 +43 +44 +45 +46 +47 +48 +49 +50 +51 +52 +53 +54 +55 +56 +57 +58 +59 +60 +61 +62 +63 +64 +65 +66 +67 +68 +69 +70 +71 +72 +73 +74 +75 +76 +77 +78 +79 +80 +81 +82 +83 +84 +85 +86 +87 +88 +89 +90 +91 +92 +93 +94 +95 +96 +97 +98 +99 +100 +101 +102 +103 +104 +105 +106 +107 +108 +109 +110 +111 +112 +113 +114 +115 +116 +117 +118 +119 +120 +121 +122 +123 +124 +125 +126 +127 +128 +129 +130 +131 +132 +133 +134 +135 +136 +137 +138 +139 +140 +141 +142 +143 +144 +145 +146 +147 +148 +149 +150 +151 +152 +153 +154 +155 +156 +157 +158 +159 +160 +161 +162 +163 +164 +165 +166 +167 +168 +169 +170 +171 +172 +173 +174 +175 +176 +177 +178 +179 +180 +181 +182 +183 +184 +185 +186 +187 +188 +189 +190 +191 +192 +193 +194 +195 +196 +197 +198 +199 +200 +201 +202 +203 +204 +205 +206 +207 +208 +209 +210 +211 +212 +213 +214 +215 +216 +217 +218 +219 +220 +221 +222 +223 +224 +225 +226 +227 +228 +229 +230 +231 +232 +233 +234 +235 +236 +237 +238 +239 +240 +241 +242 +243 +244 +245 +246 +247 +248 +249 +250 +251 +252 +253 +254 +255 +256 +257 +258 +259 +260 +261 +262 +263 +264 +265 +266 +267 +268 +269 +270 +271 +272 +273 +274 +275 +276 +277 +278 +279 +280 +281 +282 +283 +284 +285 +286 +287 +288 +289 +290 +291 +292 +293 +294 +295 +296 +297 +298 +299 +300 +301 +302 +303 +304 +305 +306 +307 +308 +309 +310 +311 +312 +313 +314 +315 +316 +317 +318 +319 +320 +321 +322 +323 +324 +325 +326 +327 +328 +329 +330 +331 +332 +333 +334 +335 +336 +337 +338 +339 +340 +341 +342 +343 +344 +345 +346 +347 +348 +349 +350 +351 +352 +353 +354 +355 +356 +357 +358 +359 +360 +361 +362 +363 +364 +365 +366 +367 +368 +369 +370 +371 +372 +373 +374 +375 +376 +377 +378 +379 +380 +381 +382 +383 +384 +385 +386 +387 +388 +389 +390 +391 +392 +393 +394 +395 +396 +397 +398 +399 +400 +401 +402 +403 +404 +405 +406 +407 +408 +409 +410 +411 +412 +413 +414 +415 +416 +417 +418 +419 +420 +421 +422 +423 +424 +425 +426 +427 +428 +429 +430 +431