The City of Pleasure: A Fantasia on Modern Themes
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- THE CITY OF PLEASURE
- A Fantasia on Modern Themes
- Author Of “The Old Wives’ Tale,” “Clayhanger,” “The Old Adam,” Etc. New York: George H. Doran Company
- 1907
- THE CITY OF PLEASURE
- PART I—CARPENTARIA
- CHAPTER I—Over the City
- “CITY OF PLEASURE.
- CHAPTER II—Interviewed
- CHAPTER III—Inspiration
- CHAPTER IV—Mrs. Ilam
- CHAPTER V—The Band
- CHAPTER VI—The Black Burden
- CHAPTER VII—The Cut
- CHAPTER VIII—Disappearance of Juliette
- CHAPTER IX—The Dead Dog
- CHAPTER X—A Pinch of Snuff
- 7.8
- CHAPTER XI—The Return to Life
- 35
- CHAPTER XII—On the Wheel
- CHAPTER XIII—Performances of Mr. Jetsam
- PART II—THE TWINS
- CHAPTER XIV—Entry of the Twins
- CHAPTER XV—Proposal of Josephus
- CHAPTER XVI—The Box
- CHAPTER XVII—The Man on the Balcony
- CHAPTER XVIII—An Arrangement for a Marriage
- CHAPTER XIX—The Heart of the City
- CHAPTER XX—What Jetsam Wanted
- CHAPTER XXI—Interrupting a Concert
- CHAPTER XXII—Carpentaria as Detective
- CHAPTER XXIII—The Talk in the Garden
- PART III—JETSAM
- CHAPTER XXIV—The Boat
- CHAPTER XXV—-A Wholesale Departure
- CHAPTER XXVI—The Empty Bedroom
- CHAPTER XXVII—The Photograph
- CHAPTER XXVIII—The Dead March
- CHAPTER XXIX—Mr. Jetsam’s Recital
- CHAPTER XXX—The Words of Mrs. Ilam
- CHAPTER XXXI—Unison
- THE END
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