The Definite Object: A Romance of New York
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A bored millionaire poses as a penniless loafer in New York's infamous Hell's Kitchen.
Chapters (96)(click to expand)
- THE DEFINITE OBJECT
- A Romance of New York
- 1917
- THE DEFINITE OBJECT
- CHAPTER I
- WHICH DESCRIBES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A PAIR OF WHISKERS
- CHAPTER II
- OF A MOURNFUL MILLIONAIRE WHO LACKED AN OBJECT
- CHAPTER III
- HOW GEOFFREY RAVENSLEE WENT SEEKING AN OBJECT
- CHAPTER IV
- TELLING HOW HE CAME TO HELL'S KITCHEN AT PEEP O' DAY
- CHAPTER V
- HOW MRS. TRAPES ACQUIRED A NEW LODGER, DESPITE HER ELBOWS
- CHAPTER VI
- HOW SPIKE INITIATED MR. RAVENSLEE INTO THE GENTLE ART OF SHOPPING
- CHAPTER VII
- CONCERNING ANKLES, STAIRS, AND NEIGHBOURLINESS
- CHAPTER VIII
- OF CANDIES AND CONFIDENCES
- CHAPTER IX
- WHICH RECOUNTS THE END OF AN EPISODE
- CHAPTER X
- TELLS HOW MR. RAVENSLEE WENT INTO TRADE
- CHAPTER XI
- ANTAGONISM IS BORN AND WAR DECLARED
- CHAPTER XII
- CONTAINING SOME DESCRIPTION OF A SUPPER PARTY
- CHAPTER XIII
- WHEREIN MAY BE FOUND SOME PARTICULARS OF THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF PERHAPS
- CHAPTER XIV
- OF A TEXT, A LETTER, AND A SONG
- CHAPTER XV
- WHICH INTRODUCES JOE AND THE OLD UN
- CHAPTER XVI
- OF THE FIRST AND SECOND PERSONS, SINGULAR NUMBER
- CHAPTER XVII
- HOW GEOFFREY RAVENSLEE MADE A DEAL IN REAL ESTATE
- CHAPTER XVIII
- HOW SPIKE HEARKENED TO POISONOUS SUGGESTION AND SOAPY BEGAN TO WONDER
- CHAPTER XIX
- IN WHICH THE POISON BEGINS TO WORK
- CHAPTER XX
- OF AN EXPEDITION BY NIGHT
- CHAPTER XXI
- HOW M'GINNIS THREATENED AND—WENT
- CHAPTER XXII
- TELLS OF AN EARLY MORNING VISIT AND A WARNING
- CHAPTER XXIII
- CHIEFLY CONCERNING A LETTER
- CHAPTER XXIV
- HOW THE OLD UN AND CERTAIN OTHERS HAD TEA
- CHAPTER XXV
- HOW SPIKE MADE A CHOICE AND A PROMISE
- CHAPTER XXVI
- WHICH MAKES FURTHER MENTION OF A RING
- CHAPTER XXVII
- MRS. TRAPES UPON THE MILLENNIUM
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- WHICH SHOULD HAVE RELATED DETAILS OF A WEDDING
- CHAPTER XXIX
- IN WHICH HERMIONE MAKES A FATEFUL DECISION
- CHAPTER XXX
- HOW GEOFFREY RAVENSLEE DEPARTED FROM HELL'S KITCHEN
- CHAPTER XXXI
- IN WHICH SOAPY TAKES A HAND
- CHAPTER XXXII
- OF HARMONY AND DISCORD
- CHAPTER XXXIII
- OF TRAGEDY
- CHAPTER XXXIV
- OF REMORSE
- CHAPTER XXXV
- HOW GEOFFREY RAVENSLEE CAME OUT OF THE DARK
- CHAPTER XXXVI
- CONCERNING A CLEW
- CHAPTER XXXVII
- THE WOES OF MR. BRIMBERLY
- CHAPTER XXXVIII
- IN WHICH SOAPY TAKES UPON HIMSELF A NEW ROLE
- CHAPTER XXXIX
- THE OLD UN ADVISES AND RAVENSLEE ACTS
- CHAPTER XL
- CONCERNING A HANDFUL OF PEBBLES
- CHAPTER XLI
- OF A PACKET OF LETTERS
- CHAPTER XLII
- TELLS HOW RAVENSLEE BROKE HIS WORD AND WHY
- CHAPTER XLIII
- HOW SPIKE GOT EVEN
- CHAPTER XLIV
- RETRIBUTION
- CHAPTER XLV
- OF THE OLD UN AND FATE
- CHAPTER XLVI
- IN WHICH GEOFFREY RAVENSLEE OBTAINS HIS OBJECT
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