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Title: A Great Man
A Frolic
Author: Arnold Bennett
Release Date: August 30, 2009 [EBook #29860]
Language: English
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A GREAT MAN
A FROLIC
BY
ARNOLD BENNETT
AUTHOR OF
'THE GRAND BABYLON HOTEL,' 'ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS,'
'LEONORA,' ETC.
[Illustration]
LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1904
TO
MY DEAR FRIEND
FREDERICK MARRIOTT
AND TO
THE IMPERISHABLE MEMORY
OF
OLD TIMES
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. HIS BIRTH 1
II. TOM 8
III. HIS CHRISTENING 17
IV. AGED TWELVE 26
V. MARRONS GLACES 36
VI. A CALAMITY FOR THE SCHOOL 49
VII. CONTAGIOUS 58
VIII. CREATIVE 72
IX. SPRING ONIONS 85
X. MARK SNYDER 95
XI. SATIN 105
XII. HIS FAME 117
XIII. A LION IN HIS LAIR 135
XIV. HER NAME WAS GERALDINE 148
XV. HIS TERRIBLE QUANDARY 161
XVI. DURING THE TEA-MEETING 169
XVII. A NOVELIST IN A BOX 181
XVIII. HIS JACK-HORNERISM 195
XIX. HE JUSTIFIES HIS FATHER 201
XX. PRESS AND PUBLIC 215
XXI. PLAYING THE NEW GAME 226
XXII. HE LEARNS MORE ABOUT WOMEN 239
XXIII. SEPARATION 249
XXIV. COSETTE 256
XXV. THE RAKE'S PROGRESS 273
XXVI. THE NEW LIFE 289
XXVII. HE IS NOT NERVOUS 308
XXVIII. HE SHORTENS HIS NAME 325
XXIX. THE PRESIDENT 337
A GREAT MAN
CHAPTER I
HIS BIRTH
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