Diana of the Crossways

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Diana of the Crossways is a novel by George Meredith which was published in 1885. It is an account of an intelligent and forceful woman trapped in a miserable marriage and was prompted by Meredith's friendship with society beauty and author Caroline Norton. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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DIANA OF THE CROSSWAYS

By George Meredith

1897

Chapter 1: Of Diaries And Diarists Touching The Heroine
Chapter 2: An Irish Ball
Chapter 3: The Interior Of Mr. Redworth And The Exterior Of Mr. Sullivan Smith
Chapter 4: Containing Hints Of Diana's Experiences And Of What They Led To
Chapter 5: Concerning The Scrupulous Gentleman Who Came Too Late
Chapter 6: The Couple
Chapter 7: The Crisis
Chapter 8: In Which Is Exhibited How A Practical Man And A Divining Woman Learn To Respect One Another

BOOK 2.

Chapter 9: Shows How A Position Of Delicacy For A Lady And Gentleman Was Met In Simple Fashion Without Hurt To Either.
Chapter 10: The Conflict Of The Night
Chapter 11: Recounts The Journey In A Chariot, With A Certain Amount Of Dialogue, And A Small Incident On The Road
Chapter 12: Between Emma And Diana
Chapter 13: Touching The First Days Of Her Probation
Chapter 14: Giving Glimpses Of Diana Under Her Cloud Before The World And Of Her Further Apprenticeship
Chapter 15: Introduces The Hon. Percy Dacier
Chapter 16: Treats Of A Midnight Bell, And Of A Scene Of Early Morning
Chapter 17: The Princess Egeria

BOOK 3.

Chapter 18: The Authoress
Chapter 19: A Drive In Sunlight And A Drive In Moonlight
Chapter 20: Diana's Night-WATCH In The Chamber Of Death
Chapter 21: The Young Minister Of State
Chapter 22: Between Diana And Dacier : The Wind East Over Bleak Land
Chapter 23: Records A Visit To Diana From One Of The World's Good Women
Chapter 24: Indicates A Soul Prepared For Desperation
Chapter 25: Once More The Crossways And A Change Of Turnings
Chapter 26: In Which A Disappointed Lover Receives A Multitude Of Lessons

BOOK 4.

Chapter 27: Contains Matter For Subsequent Explosion
Chapter 28: Dialogue Round The Subject Of A Portrait, With Some Indications Of The Task For Diana
Chapter 29: Shows The Approaches Of The Political And The Domestic Crisis In Company
Chapter 30: In Which There Is A Taste Of A Little Dinner And An Aftertaste
Chapter 31: A Chapter Containing Great Political News And Therewith An Intrusion Of The Love-GOD
Chapter 32: Wherein We Behold A Giddy Turn At The Spectral Crossways
Chapter 33: Exhibits The Springing Of A Mine In A Newspaper Article
Chapter 34: In Which It Is Darkly Seen How The Criminal's Judge May Be Love's Criminal
Chapter 35: Reveals How The True Heroine Of Romance Comes Finally To Her, Time Of Triumph

BOOK 5.

Chapter 36: Is Conclusive As To The Heartlessness Of Women With Brains
Chapter 37: An Exhibition Of Some Champions Of The Stricken Lady
Chapter 38: Convalescence Of A Healthy Mind Distraught
Chapter 39: Of Nature With One Of Her Cultivated Daughters And A Short Excursion In Anti-CLIMAX
Chapter 40: In Which We See Nature Making Of A Woman A Maid Again, And A Thrice Whimsical
Chapter 41: Contains A Revelation Of The Origin Of The Tigress In Diana
Chapter 42: The Penultimate : Showing A Final Struggle For Liberty And Run Into Harness
Chapter 43: Nuptial Chapter: And Of How A Barely Willing Woman Was Led To Bloom With Nuptial Sentiment

A lady of high distinction for wit and beauty the daughter of an illustrious Irish House, came under the shadow of a calumny. It has latterly been examined and exposed as baseless. The story of Diana of the Crossways is to be read as fiction.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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