John Brent

John Brent by Theodore Winthrop

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This work is a work of fiction. The plot of the novel takes place in the United States in the middle of the 19th century. The scenes range from gold-rush era California, across the American West, and across the Atlantic to London. The work was published posthumously in 1865.

Contents

• Chapter I • Auri Sacre Fames
• Chapter II • Gerrian’s Ranch
• Chapter III • Don Fulano
• Chapter IV • John Brent
• Chapter V • Across Country
• Chapter VI • Jake Shamberlain
• Chapter VII • Enter, the Brutes
• Chapter VIII • A Mormon Caravan
• Chapter IX • Sizzum and His Heretics
• Chapter X • “Ellen! Ellen!”
• Chapter XI • Father and Daughter
• Chapter XII • A Ghoul at the Feast
• Chapter XIII • Jake Shamberlain’s Ball
• Chapter XIV • Hugh Clitheroe
• Chapter XV • A Lover
• Chapter XVI • Armstrong
• Chapter XVII • Caitiff Baffles Ogre
• Chapter XVIII • A Gallop of Three
• Chapter XIX • Faster
• Chapter XX • A Horse
• Chapter XXI • Luggernel Springs
• Chapter XXII • Champagne
• Chapter XXIII • An Idyl of the Rockys
• Chapter XXIV • Drapetomania
• Chapter XXV • Noblesse Oblige
• Chapter XXVI • Ham
• Chapter XXVII • Fulano’s Blood-Stain
• Chapter XXVIII • Short’s Cut-Off
• Chapter XXIX • A Lost Trail
• Chapter XXX • London
• Chapter XXXI • A Dwarf
• Chapter XXXII • Padiham’s Shop
• Chapter XXXIII • “Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters”
• Chapter XXXIV • The Last of a Love-Chase

This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.