Sir Isumbras at the Ford
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Sir Isumbras at the ford reflects on loyalty, family duty, and the complexities of identity during a period of upheaval. The novel explores the struggle to reconcile personal attachments with broader political responsibilities in the shadow of revolution. Through the portrayal of displaced lives and divided allegiances, it highlights the challenges of belonging and the longing for stability when home is fractured by conflict. The contrast between safety in exile and the dangers of a homeland torn by revolution serves as a powerful backdrop for the exploration of inner conflict and resilience. ...
Chapters (143)(click to expand)
- SIR ISUMBRAS AT THE FORD
- CONTENTS
- BOOK ONE THE ROAD TO FRANCE
- CHAPTER I Anne-Hilarion gets out of Bed
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- (3)
- CHAPTER II And is put back again
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- CHAPTER III Purchase of a Goldfish, and other Important Matters
- (1)
- (2)
- CHAPTER IV Visit to two Fairy Godmothers
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- CHAPTER V Thomas the Rhymer
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- CHAPTER VI "A Little Boy Lost"
- (1)
- (2)
- CHAPTER VII The Chevalier de la Vireville meets "Monsieur Augustin"
- BOOK TWO THE ROAD TO ENGLAND
- CHAPTER VIII Some Results of listening to Poetry
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- CHAPTER IX The Trois Frères of Caen
- CHAPTER X Happenings in a Postchaise
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- CHAPTER XI "Fifty Fathoms deep"
- (1)
- (2)
- CHAPTER XII Introducing Grain d'Orge
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- CHAPTER XIII Far in the Forest
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- CHAPTER XIV Cæsarea the Green
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- CHAPTER XV Cavendish Square once more
- (1)
- (2)
- CHAPTER XVI The Agent de la Correspondance
- (1)
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- CHAPTER XVII Strange Conduct of the Agent
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- CHAPTER XVIII Equally surprising Conduct of "Monsieur Augustin"
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- CHAPTER XIX La Porte du Manoir
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- CHAPTER XX Sea-Holly
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- CHAPTER XXI How Anne-Hilarion fed the Ducks
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- (2)
- (3)
- BOOK THREE THE ROAD THAT FEW RETURNED ON
- CHAPTER XXII "To Noroway, To Noroway"
- (1)
- (2)
- CHAPTER XXIII Displeasure of "Monsieur Augustin"
- CHAPTER XXIV Creeping Fate
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- CHAPTER XXV History of a Scar
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- CHAPTER XXVI Ste. Barbe—and Afterwards
- (1)
- (2)
- CHAPTER XXVII La Vireville breaks his Sword
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- (4)
- CHAPTER XXVIII Mr. Tollemache as an Archangel
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- CHAPTER XXIX Væ Victis!
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- CHAPTER XXX Atropos
- CHAPTER XXXI The Paying of the Score
- (1)
- (2)
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- CHAPTER XXXII Dead Leaves
- (1)
- (2)
- CHAPTER XXXIII The Man she would have Married
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- CHAPTER XXXIV Monseigneur's Guest
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- CHAPTER XXXV Mr. Tollemache as a Linguist
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- (5)
- CHAPTER XXXVI Anne-Hilarion makes a Plan, and the Bishop a Revelation
- (1)
- (2)
- CHAPTER XXXVII The Child unlocks the Door
- (1)
- (2)
- BOOK FOUR THE OLDEST ROAD OF ALL
- CHAPTER XXXVIII Flower of the Gorse
- (1)
- (2)
- CHAPTER XXXIX Flower of the Foam
- TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
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