Joan Haste
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About This Book
Joan Haste is an 1895 novel by H. Rider Haggard, an author primarily famous for his "lost world" adventure stories like King Solomon’s Mines. Unlike his typical swashbuckling works, this book is a domestic romance and melodrama. The story follows Joan Haste, a beautiful but illegitimate young woman living in late 19th-century England. Joan is caught in a tragic love affair with Captain Henry Graves, a man burdened by debt and high societal expectations. She is relentlessly pursued by Samuel Rock, a "stalker" figure whose obsession drives much of the tension. The narrative moves between the rur...
Chapters (43)(click to expand)
- JOAN HASTE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I. JOAN HASTE.
- CHAPTER II. SAMUEL ROCK DECLARES HIMSELF.
- CHAPTER III. THE BEGINNINGS OF FATE.
- CHAPTER IV. THE HOME-COMING OF HENRY GRAVES.
- CHAPTER V. THE LEVINGERS VISIT ROSHAM.
- CHAPTER VI. MR. LEVINGER PUTS A CASE.
- CHAPTER VII. A PROPOSAL AND A DIFFERENCE.
- CHAPTER VIII. TWO CONVERSATIONS.
- CHAPTER IX. MUTUAL ADMIRATION.
- CHAPTER X. AZRAEL’S WING
- CHAPTER XI. ELLEN GROWS ALARMED.
- CHAPTER XII. ELLEN FINDS A REMEDY.
- CHAPTER XIII. A MEETING BY THE MERE.
- CHAPTER XIV. SOWING THE WIND.
- CHAPTER XV. THE FIRSTFRUITS.
- CHAPTER XVI. FORTITER IN RE.
- CHAPTER XVII. BETWEEN DUTY AND DUTY.
- CHAPTER XVIII. CONGRATULATIONS.
- CHAPTER XIX. RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.
- CHAPTER XX. “LET IT REMAIN OPEN.”
- CHAPTER XXI. A LUNCHEON PARTY.
- CHAPTER XXII. AN INTERLUDE.
- CHAPTER XXIII. A NEW DEPARTURE.
- CHAPTER XXIV. MESSRS. BLACK AND PARKER.
- CHAPTER XXV. “I FORBID YOU.”
- CHAPTER XXVI. A LOVE LETTER.
- CHAPTER XXVII. LUCK AT LAST.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. THE PRICE OF INNOCENT BLOOD.
- CHAPTER XXIX. THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW.
- CHAPTER XXX. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND.
- CHAPTER XXXI. THE GATE OF PARADISE.
- CHAPTER XXXII. THE CLOSING OF THE GATE.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. THE GATE OF HELL.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. THE OPENING OF THE GATE.
- CHAPTER XXXV. DISENCHANTMENT.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. THE DESIRE OF DEATH—AND THE FEAR OF HIM.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. A GHOST OF THE PAST.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. HUSBAND AND WIFE.
- CHAPTER XL. FULL MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN AND RUNNING OVER.
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