Midnight Webs
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About This Book
In the fall of 1948, Ernest Hemingway made his first extended visit to Italy in thirty years. His reacquaintance with Venice, a city he loved, provided the inspiration for "Across the River and into the Trees, " the story of Richard Cantwell, a war-ravaged American colonel stationed in Italy at the close of the Second World War, and his love for a young Italian countess. A poignant, bittersweet homage to love that overpowers reason, to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the worldweary beauty and majesty of Venice, "Across the River and into the Trees" stands as Hemingway's statement of...
Chapters (120)
- George Manville Fenn "Midnight Webs"
- Story One: Smith's Ditty.
- Introduction
- First Words.
- Story 1--Chapter I.
- Story 1--Chapter II.
- Story 1--Chapter III.
- Story 1--Chapter IV.
- Story 1--Chapter V.
- Story 1--Chapter VI.
- Story 1--Chapter VII.
- Story 1--Chapter VIII.
- Story 1--Chapter IX.
- Story 1--Chapter X.
- Story 1--Chapter XI.
- Story 1--Chapter XII.
- Story 1--Chapter XIII.
- Story 1--Chapter XIV.
- Story 1--Chapter XV.
- Story 1--Chapter XVI.
- Story 1--Chapter XVII.
- Story 1--Chapter XVIII.
- Story 1--Chapter XIX.
- Story 1--Chapter XX.
- Story 1--Chapter XXI.
- Story 1--Chapter XXII.
- Story 1--Chapter XXIII.
- Story Two: Aboard the Sea-Mew.
- Story 2--Chapter I.
- Story 2--Chapter II.
- Story 2--Chapter III.
- Story 2--Chapter IV.
- Story 2--Chapter V.
- Story 2--Chapter VI.
- Story 2--Chapter VII.
- Story 2--Chapter VIII.
- Story 2--Chapter IX.
- Story 2--Chapter X.
- Story 2--Chapter XI.
- Story 2--Chapter XII.
- Story 2--Chapter XIII.
- Story 2--Chapter XIV.
- Story 2--Chapter XV.
- Story 2--Chapter XVI.
- Story 2--Chapter XVII.
- Story 2--Chapter XVIII.
- Story 2--Chapter XIX.
- Story 2--Chapter XX.
- Story 2--Chapter XXI.
- Story 2--Chapter XXII.
- Story Three: Under the Tree-Ferns.
- Story 3--Chapter I.
- Port Caroline.
- Story 3--Chapter II.
- Night at a Convict Station.
- Story 3--Chapter III.
- Golden Gap.
- Story 3--Chapter IV.
- Anthony’s Home.
- Story 3--Chapter V.
- At the Farm.
- Story 3--Chapter VI.
- The Alarm.
- Story 3--Chapter VII.
- Besieged.
- Story 3--Chapter VIII.
- Tried by Fire.
- Story 3--Chapter IX.
- Cutting off the Retreat.
- Story 3--Chapter X.
- Amid the Ashes.
- Story 3--Chapter XI.
- In Pursuit.
- Story 3--Chapter XII.
- Rescue.
- Story 3--Chapter XIII.
- Wahika’s Stronghold.
- Story 3--Chapter XIV.
- Attack and Defence.
- Story 3--Chapter XV.
- Seeking Aid.
- Story 3--Chapter XVI.
- Collecting the Levy.
- Story 3--Chapter XVII.
- The Start.
- Story 3--Chapter XVIII.
- The Avengers’ Way.
- Story 3--Chapter XIX.
- Mr Meadows’s Weakness.
- Story 3--Chapter XX.
- Friends in Need.
- Story 3--Chapter XXI.
- Just in Time.
- Story 3--Chapter XXII.
- The Old Story.
- Story Four: Violets in the Snow.
- Story 4--Chapter I.
- Story 4--Chapter II.
- Story 4--Chapter III.
- Story 4--Chapter IV.
- Story 4--Chapter V.
- Story 4--Chapter VI.
- Story 4--Chapter VII.
- Story Five: Nil Des.
- Story 5--Chapter I.
- John Richards’ Housekeeper.
- Story 5--Chapter II.
- Under Temptation.
- Story 5--Chapter III.
- Tom Brough.
- Story 5--Chapter IV.
- Hopeless.
- Story 5--Chapter V.
- Mr Pash Looks Green.
- Story 5--Chapter VI.
- Hard-Hearted.
- Story 5--Chapter VII.
- May’s Marriage.
- Story 5--Chapter VIII.
- Can’t it be To-Morrow?
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