ANN VERONICA


A MODERN LOVE STORY


BY

H. G. WELLS

AUTHOR OF
TONO-BUNGAY, ETC.


ILLUSTRATED



Harper and Brothers publisher mark 1895



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Copyright, 1909, by Harper & Brothers.


All rights reserved.
Published October, 1909.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. Ann Veronica Talks to Her Father... i

II. Ann Veronica Gathers Points of View ... 34

III. The Morning of the Crisis 54

IV. The Crisis 86

V. The Flight to London 95

VI. Expostulations 117

VII. Ideals and a Reality . 136

VIII. Biology 167

IX. Discords 196

X. The Suffragettes 234

XI. Thoughts in Prison 256

XII. Ann Veronica Puts Things in Order . . . 268

XIII. The Sapphire Ring 285

XIV. The Collapse of the Penitent 308

XV. The Last Days at Home 329

XVI. In the Mountains 342

XVII. In Perspective 365

ANN VERONICA

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