Diana of the Crossways

by George Meredith

DIANA OF THE CROSSWAYS

By George Meredith

1897

Contents

BOOK 1.

• 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.