The Country House
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About This Book
1907. English novelist and playwright, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932, Galsworthy became known for his portrayal of the British upper middle class and for his social satire. The novel begins: The year was 1891, the month October, the day Monday. In the dark outside the railway station at Worsted Skeynes Mr. Horace Pendyce's omnibus, his brougham, his luggage-cart, monopolized space. The face of Mr. Horace Pendyce's coachman monopolized the light of the solitary station lantern. Rosy-gilled, with fat close-clipped grey whiskers and inscrutably pursed lips, it presided high up ...
Chapters (66)(click to expand)
- THE COUNTRY HOUSE
- PART I.
- CHAPTER I
- A PARTY AT WORSTED SKEYNES
- CHAPTER II
- THE COVERT SHOOT
- CHAPTER III
- THE BLISSFUL HOUR
- CHAPTER IV
- THE HAPPY HUNTING-GROUND
- CHAPTER V
- MRS. PENDYCE'S DANCE
- CHAPTER VI
- INFLUENCE OF THE REVEREND HUSSELL BARTER
- CHAPTER VII
- SABBATH AT WORSTED SKEYNES
- CHAPTER VIII
- GREGORY VIGIL PROPOSES
- CHAPTER IX
- MR. PARAMOR DISPOSES
- CHAPTER X
- AT BLAFARD'S
- PART II
- CHAPTER I
- GREGORY REOPENS THE CAMPAIGN
- CHAPTER II
- CONTINUED INFLUENCE OF THE REVEREND HUSSELL BARTER
- CHAPTER III
- THE SINISTER NIGHT
- CHAPTER IV
- Mr. PENDYCE'S HEAD
- CHAPTER V
- RECTOR AND SQUIRE
- CHAPTER VI
- THE PARK
- CHAPTER VII
- DOUBTFUL POSITION AT WORSTED SKEYNES
- CHAPTER VIII
- COUNCIL AT WORSTED SKEYNES
- CHAPTER IX
- DEFINITION OF “PENDYCITIS”
- CHAPTER X
- GEORGE GOES FOR THE GLOVES
- CHAPTER XI
- MR. BARTER TAKES A WALK
- CHAPTER XII
- THE SQUIRE MAKES UP HIS MIND
- PART III
- CHAPTER I
- MRS. PENDYCE'S ODYSSEY
- CHAPTER II
- THE SON AND THE MOTHER
- CHAPTER III
- MRS. BELLEW SQUARES HER ACCOUNTS
- CHAPTER IV
- MRS. PENDYCE'S INSPIRATION
- CHAPTER V
- THE MOTHER AND THE SON
- CHAPTER VI
- GREGORY LOOKS AT THE SKY
- CHAPTER VII
- TOUR WITH THE SPANIEL JOHN
- CHAPTER VIII
- ACUTE ATTACK OF 'PENDYCITIS'
- CHAPTER IX
- BELLEW BOWS TO A LADY
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