Quicksands
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About This Book
An English translation of one of many works by the German novelist Adolph Streckfus (1823-1895).
Chapters (71)
- QUICKSANDS
- FROM THE GERMAN OF ADOLPH STRECKFUSS
- MRS. A. L. WISTER
- TRANSLATOR OF "THE OLD MAMSELLE'S SECRET," "GOLD ELSIE," "ONLY A GIRL," "A NOBLE NAME," "THE SECOND WIFE," "BANNED AND BLESSED," ETC.
- PHILADELPHIA
- J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO. 1884
- CONTENTS.
- QUICKSANDS.
- CHAPTER I.
- AN EXCHANGE.
- CHAPTER II.
- OSTERNAU.
- CHAPTER III.
- THE CASTLE'S LORD AND LADY.
- CHAPTER IV.
- A CATO IN GOLDEN CURLS.
- CHAPTER V.
- DINNER AND DESSERT.
- CHAPTER VI.
- SOLIMAN'S TRICKS.
- CHAPTER VII.
- THE HARVEST-FIELD.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- NEWS FROM BERLIN.
- CHAPTER IX.
- A LETTER AND ITS REPLY.
- CHAPTER X.
- CONTENT AND PEACE.
- CHAPTER XI.
- GOOD ADVICE.
- CHAPTER XII.
- BERTHA VON MASSENBURG.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- A WISE YOUNG JUDGE.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- PASTOR WIDMAN AS A CORRESPONDENT.
- CHAPTER XV.
- RENEWED CONFIDENCE.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- ROBBED.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- TWO LETTERS AGAIN.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- A FORCED RESOLVE.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN.
- CHAPTER XX.
- LINAU.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- AN ACCIDENT.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- MISCHIEF FOR IDLE HANDS.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- PAST AND PRESENT.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- AT HOME.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- A CONSPIRACY.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- A MISCHIEVOUS COQUETTE.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- CLARA TO THE RESCUE.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- CLARA DEA EX MACHINÂ.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- CONCLUSION.
- THE END.
- PUBLICATIONS OF J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
- Fiction.
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