In the Heart of a Fool
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Chapters (53)
- IN THE HEART OF A FOOL
- CHAPTER I BEING STAGE DIRECTIONS, AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS
- 4CHAPTER II IN WHICH WE INTRODUCE THE FOOL AND HIS LADY FAIR AND WHAT HE SAID IN HIS HEART–THE SAME BEING THE THEME AND THESIS OF THIS STORY
- 21CHAPTER III IN WHICH WE CONSIDER THE LADIES–GOD BLESS ’EM!
- 38CHAPTER IV THE ADAMS FAMILY BIBLE LIES LIKE A GENTLEMAN
- 47CHAPTER V IN WHICH MARGARET MÜLLER DWELLS IN MARBLE HALLS AND HENRY FENN AND KENYON ADAMS WIN NOTABLE VICTORIES
- 63CHAPTER VI ENTER THE BEAUTY AND CHIVALRY OF HARVEY; ALSO HEREIN WE BREAK OUR FIRST HEART
- 69CHAPTER VII IN WHICH WE SEE HOW LIFE TRANSLATES ITSELF INTO THE MATERIALISM AROUND IT
- 80CHAPTER VIII CAPTAIN MORTON ACTS AS COURT HERALD AND MORTY SANDS AND GRANT ADAMS HEAR SAD NEWS
- 89CHAPTER IX WHEREIN HENRY FENN MAKES AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT
- 98CHAPTER X IN WHICH MARY ADAMS TAKES A MUCH NEEDED REST
- 103CHAPTER XI HERE OUR FOOL GROPES FOR A SPIRIT AND CAN FIND ONLY DUST
- 114CHAPTER XII IN WHICH WE LEARN THAT LOVE IS THE LEVER THAT MOVES THE WORLD
- 126CHAPTER XIII IN WHICH WE OBSERVE THE INTERIOR OF A DESERTED HOUSE
- 135CHAPTER XIV IN WHICH OUR HERO STROLLS OUT WITH THE DEVIL TO LOOK AT THE HIGH MOUNTAIN
- 152CHAPTER XV WHEREIN WE WELCOME IN A NEW YEAR AND CONSIDER A SERIOUS QUESTION
- 163CHAPTER XVI GRANT ADAMS IS SOLD INTO BONDAGE AND MARGARET FENN RECEIVES A SHOCK
- 180CHAPTER XVII A CHAPTER WHICH INTRODUCES SOME POSSIBLE GODS
- 187CHAPTER XVIII OUR HERO RIDES TO HOUNDS WITH THE PRIMROSE HUNT
- 200CHAPTER XIX HEREIN CAPTAIN MORTON FALLS UNDER SUSPICION AND HENRY FENN FALLS FROM GRACE
- 209CHAPTER XX IN WHICH HENRY FENN FALLS FROM GRACE AND RISES AGAIN
- 219CHAPTER XXI IN WHICH WE SEE A FAT LITTLE RASCAL ON THE RACK
- 232CHAPTER XXII IN WHICH TOM VAN DORN BECOMES A WAYFARING MAN ALSO
- 241CHAPTER XXIII HERE GRANT ADAMS DISCOVERS HIS INSIDES
- 252CHAPTER XXIV IN WHICH THE DEVIL FORMALLY TAKES THE TWO HINDERMOST AND CLOSES AN ACCOUNT IN HIS LEDGER
- 264CHAPTER XXV IN WHICH WE SEE TWO TEMPLES AND THE CONTENTS THEREOF
- 277CHAPTER XXVI DR. NESBIT STARTS ON A LONG UPWARD BUT DEVIOUS JOURNEY
- 288CHAPTER XXVII IN WHICH WE SEE SOMETHING COME INTO THIS STORY OUTSIDE OF THE MATERIAL WORLD
- 298CHAPTER XXVIII WHEREIN MORTY SANDS MAKES A FEW SENSIBLE REMARKS IN PUBLIC
- 309CHAPTER XXIX BEING NOT A CHAPTER BUT AN INTERLUDE
- 320CHAPTER XXX GRANT ADAMS PREACHING A MESSAGE OF LOVE RAISES THE VERY DEVIL IN HARVEY
- 337CHAPTER XXXI IN WHICH JUDGE VAN DORN MAKES HIS BRAGS AND DR. NESBIT SEES A VISION
- 350CHAPTER XXXII WHEREIN VIOLET HOGAN TAKES UP AN OLD TRADE AND MARGARET VAN DORN SEEKS A HIGHER PLANE
- 365CHAPTER XXXIII IN WHICH THE ANGELS SHAKE A FOOT FOR HENRY FENN
- 379CHAPTER XXXIV A SHORT CHAPTER, YET IN IT WE EXAMINE ONE CANVAS HEAVEN, ONE REAL HEAVEN, AND TWO SNUG LITTLE HELLS
- 388CHAPTER XXXV THE ODD SPIDER BEGINS TO DIVIDE HIS FLIES WITH OTHERS AND GEORGE BROTHERTON IS PUZZLED TWICE IN ONE NIGHT
- 403CHAPTER XXXVI A LONG CHAPTER BUT A BUSY ONE, IN WHICH KENYON ADAMS AND HIS MOTHER HAVE A STRANGE MEETING, AND LILA VAN DORN TAKES A NIGHT RIDE
- 423CHAPTER XXXVII IN WHICH WE WITNESS A CEREMONY IN THE TEMPLE OF LOVE
- 431CHAPTER XXXVIII GRANT ADAMS VISITS THE SONS OF ESAU
- 441CHAPTER XXXIX BEING NO CHAPTER AT ALL BUT AN INTERMEZZO BEFORE THE LAST MOVEMENT
- 444CHAPTER XL HERE WE HAVE THE FELLOW AND THE GIRL BEGINNING TO PREPARE FOR THE LAST CHAPTER
- 454CHAPTER XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL
- 468CHAPTER XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF “THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY”
- 496CHAPTER XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON’S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS
- 515CHAPTER XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM
- 527CHAPTER XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY
- 543CHAPTER XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND
- 561CHAPTER XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS. NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW
- 575CHAPTER XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK
- 582CHAPTER XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET
- 597CHAPTER L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR
- 609CHAPTER LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER
- 613CHAPTER LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q E D OR A HIC FABULA DOCET
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