The Colossus: A Novel
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Chapters (75)
- THE COLOSSUS
- A NOVEL
- OPIE READ
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I.
- LOOKING BACK AT EARLY LIFE.
- CHAPTER II.
- A SLEEPY VILLAGE AND A FUSSY OLD MAN.
- CHAPTER III.
- ALL WAS DARKNESS.
- CHAPTER IV.
- A STRANGE REQUEST.
- CHAPTER V.
- DISSECTING A MOTIVE.
- CHAPTER VI.
- WAITING AT THE STATION.
- CHAPTER VII.
- A MOTHER'S AFFECTION.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- THE DOMAIN OF A GREAT MERCHANT.
- CHAPTER IX.
- THE INTERVIEWERS.
- CHAPTER X.
- ROMPED WITH THE GIRL.
- CHAPTER XI.
- ACKNOWLEDGED BY SOCIETY.
- CHAPTER XII.
- A DEMOCRACY.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- BUTTING AGAINST A WALL.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- A DIFFERENT HANDWRITING.
- CHAPTER XV.
- TOLD HIM HER STORY.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- AN AROUSER OF THE SLEEPY.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- AN OLD MAN WOULD INVEST.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- THE INVESTMENT.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- ARRESTED EVERYWHERE.
- CHAPTER XX.
- CRIED A SENSATION.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- A HELPLESS OLD WOMAN.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- TO GO ON A VISIT.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- HENRY'S INCONSISTENCY.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- WORE A ROSE ON HIS COAT.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- IMPATIENTLY WAITING.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- TOLD IT ALL.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- POINTS OUT HER BROTHER'S DUTY.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- THE VERDICT.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- A DAY OF REST.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- A MOTHER'S REQUEST.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- A MOMENT OF ARROGANCE.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- A MOST PECULIAR FELLOW.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- THE TIME WAS DRAWING NEAR.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
- TOLD HIM A STORY.
- CHAPTER XXXV.
- CONCLUSION.
- The Standard Library of Mystery
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