Checkmate
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A collection of distinguished books by Joseph Sheridan Le FanuIt is one of his most beautiful writingsThis group consists 1 The Evil Guest2 Wylder's Hand3 Checkmate4 Two Ghostly Mysteries5 Uncle A Tale of Bartram-Haugh
Chapters (507)
- Checkmate
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. MORTLAKE HALL.
- CHAPTER II. MARTHA TANSEY.
- CHAPTER III. MR. LONGCLUSE OPENS HIS HEART.
- CHAPTER IV. MONSIEUR LEBAS.
- CHAPTER V. A CATASTROPHE.
- CHAPTER VI. TO BED.
- CHAPTER VII. FAST FRIENDS.
- CHAPTER VIII. CONCERNING A BOOT.
- CHAPTER IX. THE MAN WITHOUT A NAME.
- CHAPTER X. THE ROYAL OAK.
- CHAPTER XI. THE TELEGRAM ARRIVES.
- CHAPTER XII. SIR REGINALD ARDEN.
- CHAPTER XIII. ON THE ROAD.
- CHAPTER XIV. MR. LONGCLUSE'S BOOT FINDS A TEMPORARY ASYLUM.
- CHAPTER XV. FATHER AND SON.
- CHAPTER XVI. A MIDNIGHT MEETING.
- CHAPTER XVII. MR. LONGCLUSE AT MORTLAKE HALL.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE PARTY IN THE DINING-ROOM.
- CHAPTER XIX. IN MRS. TANSEY'S ROOM.
- CHAPTER XX. MRS. TANSEY'S STORY.
- CHAPTER XXI. A WALK BY MOONLIGHT.
- CHAPTER XXII. MR. LONGCLUSE MAKES AN ODD CONFIDENCE.
- CHAPTER XXIII. THE MEETING.
- CHAPTER XXIV. MR. LONGCLUSE FOLLOWS A SHADOW.
- CHAPTER XXV. A TETE-A-TETE.
- CHAPTER XXVI. THE GARDEN AT MORTLAKE.
- CHAPTER XXVII. WINGED WORDS.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. STORIES ABOUT MR. LONGCLUSE.
- CHAPTER XXIX. THE GARDEN PARTY.
- CHAPTER XXX. HE SEES HER.
- CHAPTER XXXI. ABOUT THE GROUNDS.
- CHAPTER XXXII. UNDER THE LIME-TREES.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. THE DERBY.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. A SHARP COLLOQUY.
- CHAPTER XXXV. DINNER AT MORTLAKE.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. MR. LONGCLUSE SEES A LADY'S NOTE.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. WHAT ALICE COULD SAY.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. GENTLEMEN IN TROUBLE.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. BETWEEN FRIENDS.
- CHAPTER XL. AN INTERVIEW IN THE STUDY.
- CHAPTER XLI. VAN APPOINTS HIMSELF TO A DIPLOMATIC POST.
- CHAPTER XLII. DIPLOMACY.
- CHAPTER XLIII. A LETTER AND A SUMMONS.
- CHAPTER XLIV. THE REASON OF ALICE'S NOTE.
- CHAPTER XLV. COLLISION.
- CHAPTER XLVI. AN UNKNOWN FRIEND.
- CHAPTER XLVII. BY THE RIVER.
- CHAPTER XLVIII. SUDDEN NEWS.
- CHAPTER XLIX. VOWS FOR THE FUTURE.
- CHAPTER L. UNCLE DAVID'S SUSPICIONS.
- CHAPTER LI. THE SILHOUETTE.
- CHAPTER LII. MR. LONGCLUSE EMPLOYED.
- CHAPTER LIII. THE NIGHT OF THE FUNERAL.
- CHAPTER LIV. AMONG THE TREES.
- CHAPTER LV. MR. LONGCLUSE SEES A FRIEND.
- CHAPTER LVI. A HOPE EXPIRES.
- CHAPTER LVII. LEVI'S APOLOGUE.
- CHAPTER LVIII. THE BARON COMES TO TOWN.
- CHAPTER LIX. TWO OLD FRIENDS MEET AND PART.
- CHAPTER LX. “SAUL.”
- CHAPTER LXI. A WAKING DREAM.
- CHAPTER LXII. LOVE AND PLAY.
- CHAPTER LXIII. PLANS.
- CHAPTER LXIV. FROM FLOWER TO FLOWER.
- CHAPTER LXV. BEHIND THE ARRAS.
- CHAPTER LXVI. A BUBBLE BROKEN.
- CHAPTER LXVII. BOND AND DEED.
- CHAPTER LXVIII. SIR RICHARD'S RESOLUTION.
- CHAPTER LXIX. THE MEETING.
- CHAPTER LXX. MR. LONGCLUSE PROPOSES.
- CHAPTER LXXI. NIGHT.
- CHAPTER LXXII. MEASURES.
- CHAPTER LXXIII. AT THE BAR OF THE “GUY OF WARWICK.”
- CHAPTER LXXIV. A LETTER.
- CHAPTER LXXV. BLIGHT AND CHANGE.
- CHAPTER LXXVI. PHŒBE CHIFFINCH.
- CHAPTER LXXVII. MORE NEWS OF PAUL DAVIES.
- CHAPTER LXXVIII. THE CATACOMBS.
- CHAPTER LXXIX. RESURRECTIONS.
- CHAPTER LXXX. ANOTHER.
- CHAPTER LXXXI. BROKEN.
- CHAPTER LXXXII. DOPPELGANGER.
- CHAPTER LXXXIII. A SHORT PARTING.
- CHAPTER LXXXIV. AT MORTLAKE.
- CHAPTER LXXXV. THE CRISIS.
- CHAPTER LXXXVI. PURSUIT.
- CHAPTER LXXXVII. CONCLUSION.
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