The Project Gutenberg E-text of The Quest of the Golden Girl
by Richard Le Gallienne
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About this eBook
- Author
- Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947
- Title
- The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance
- Credits
- Produced by Charles Keller. HTML version by Al Haines.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
- Subject
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 461
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/461
- Release Date
- March 1, 1996
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN GIRL
- 2.A ROMANCE — BY
- 3.RICHARD LE GALLIENNE — TO PRIOR AND LOUISE CHRISTIAN, WITH AFFECTION.
- 4.CONTENTS — BOOK I — BOOK II — BOOK III — BOOK IV — THE POSTSCRIPT TO A PILGRIMAGE — Gennem de Mange til En!
- 5.BOOK I — CHAPTER I — AN OLD HOUSE AND ITS BACHELOR — CHAPTER II — IN WHICH I DECIDE TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE — CHAPTER III — AN INDICTMENT OF SPRING — CHAPTER IV — IN WHICH I EAT AND DREAM — CHAPTER V — CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS — CHAPTER VI — IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER — CHAPTER VII — PRANDIAL — CHAPTER VIII — STILL PRANDIAL — CHAPTER IX — THE LEGEND OF HEBE, OR THE HEAVENLY HOUSEMAID — CHAPTER X — AGAIN ON FOOT—THE GIRLS THAT NEVER CAN BE MINE — CHAPTER XI — AN OLD MAN OF THE HILLS, AND THE SCHOOLMASTER'S STORY — CHAPTER XII — THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GIPSIES — CHAPTER XIII — A STRANGE WEDDING — CHAPTER XIV — THE MYSTERIOUS PETTICOAT — CHAPTER XV — STILL OCCUPIED WITH THE PETTICOAT — CHAPTER XVI — CLEARS UP MY MYSTERIOUS BEHAVIOUR OF THE LAST CHAPTER — CHAPTER XVII — THE NAME UPON THE PETTICOAT — CHAPTER XVIII — IN WHICH THE NAME OF A GREAT POET IS CRIED OUT IN A SOLITARY PLACE — CHAPTER XIX — WHY THE STRANGER WOULD NOT LOSE HIS SHELLEY FOR THE WORLD — BOOK II — CHAPTER I — IN WHICH I DECIDE TO BE YOUNG AGAIN — CHAPTER II — AT THE SIGN OF THE SINGING STREAM — CHAPTER III — IN WHICH I SAVE A USEFUL LIFE — CHAPTER IV — 'T IS OF NICOLETE AND HER BOWER IN THE WILDWOOD — CHAPTER V — 'T IS OF AUCASSIN AND NICOLETE — CHAPTER VI — A FAIRY TALE AND ITS FAIRY TAILORS — CHAPTER VII — FROM THE MORNING STAR TO THE MOON — CHAPTER VIII — THE KIND OF THING THAT HAPPENS IN THE MOON — CHAPTER IX — WRITTEN BY MOONLIGHT — CHAPTER X — HOW ONE MAKES LOVE AT THIRTY — CHAPTER XI — HOW ONE PLAYS THE HERO AT THIRTY — CHAPTER XII — IN WHICH I REVIEW MY ACTIONS AND RENEW MY RESOLUTIONS — BOOK III — CHAPTER I — IN WHICH I RETURN TO MY RIGHT AGE AND ENCOUNTER A COMMON OBJECT OF THE COUNTRY — CHAPTER II — IN WHICH I HEAL A BICYCLE AND COME TO THE WHEEL OF PLEASURE — CHAPTER III — TWO TOWN MICE AT A COUNTRY INN. — CHAPTER IV — MARRIAGE A LA MODE — CHAPTER V — CONCERNING THE HAVEN OF YELLOWSANDS — CHAPTER VI — THE MOORLAND OF THE APOCALYPSE — CHAPTER VII — "COME UNTO THESE YELLOW SANDS!" — CHAPTER VIII — THE TWELVE GOLDEN-HAIRED BAR-MAIDS. — CHAPTER IX — SYLVIA JOY — CHAPTER X — IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS — CHAPTER XI — "THE HOUR FOR WHICH THE YEARS DID SIGH" — CHAPTER XII — AT THE CAFE DE LA PAIX — CHAPTER XIII — THE INNOCENCE OF PARIS — CHAPTER XIV — END OF BOOK THREE — BOOK IV — THE POSTSCRIPT TO A PILGRIMAGE — CHAPTER I — SIX YEARS AFTER — CHAPTER II — GRACE O' GOD — CHAPTER III — THE GOLDEN GIRL
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