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Title: The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete

Author: George Meredith

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THE ORDEAL OF RICHARD FEVEREL

By George Meredith

1905

CONTENTS

I. THE INMATES OF RAYNHAM ABBEY
II. FATES SELECTED THE FOURTEENTH BIRTHDAY TO TRY THE STRENGTH
III. THE MAGIAN CONFLICT
IV. ARSON
V. ADRIAN PLIES HIS HOOK
VI. JUVENILE STRATAGEMS
VII. DAPHNE'S BOWER
VIII. THE BITTER CUP
IX. A FINE DISTINCTION
X. RICHARD PASSES THROUGH HIS PRELIMINARY ORDEAL
XI. THE LAST ACT OF THE BAKEWELL COMEDY IS CLOSED IN A LETTER
XII. THE BLOSSOMING SEASON
XIII. THE MAGNETIC AGE
XIV. AN ATTRACTION
XV. FERDINAND AND MIRANDA
XVI. UNMASKING OF MASTER RIPTON THOMPSON
XVII. GOOD WINE AND GOOD BLOOD
XVIII. THE SYSTEM ENCOUNTERS THE WILD OATS SPECIAL PLEA
XIX. A DIVERSION PLAYED ON A PENNY WHISTLE
XX. CELEBRATES THE TIME-HONOURED TREATMENT OF A DRAGON BY THE HERO
XXI. RICHARD IS SUMMONED TO TOWN TO HEAR A SERMON
XXII. INDICATES THE APPROACHES OF FEVER
XXIII. CRISIS IN THE APPLE-DISEASE
XXIV. OF THE SPRING PRIMROSE AND THE AUTUMNAL
XXV. IN WHICH THE HERO TAKES A STEP
XXVI. RECORDS THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE HERO
XXVII. CONTAINS AN INTERCESSION FOR THE HEROINE
XXVIII. PREPARATIONS FOR ACTION WERE CONDUCTED UNDER THE APRIL OF LOVERS
XIX. THE LAST ACT OF THE COMEDY TAKES THE PLACE OF THE FIRST
XXX. CELEBRATES THE BREAKFAST
XXXI. THE PHILOSOPHER APPEARS IN PERSON
XXXII. PROCESSION OF THE CAKE
XXXIII. NURSING THE DEVIL
XXXIV. CONQUEST OF AN EPICURE
XXXV. CLARE'S MARRIAGE
XXXVI. A DINNER-PARTY AT RICHMOND
XXXVII. MRS. BERRY ON MATRIMONY
XXXVIII. AN ENCHANTRESS
XXXIX. THE LITTLE BIRD AND THE FALCON: A BERRY TO THE R