The Incomplete Amorist

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The Incomplete Amorist
by Edith Nesbit


To

Richard Reynolds and Justus Miles Forman


"Faire naitre un désir, le nourrir, le développer, le grandir, le satisfaire, c'est un poeme tout entier."

--_Balzac_.


[edit] CONTENTS

BOOK I. THE GIRL

  • BOOK II. THE MAN
  • BOOK III. THE OTHER WOMAN
  • BOOK IV. THE OTHER MAN

[edit] PEOPLE OF THE STORY

  • Eustace Vernon.
  • Betty Desmond
  • The Rev. Cecil Underwood
  • Miss Julia Desmond
  • Robert Temple
  • Lady St. Craye
  • Miss Voscoe
  • Madame Chevillon.
  • Paula Conway
  • Mimi Chantal
  • Village Matrons, Concierges, Art Students, Etc.
  • The Incomplete Amorist
  • The Girl
  • Her Step-Father
  • Her Aunt
  • The Other Man
  • The Other Woman
  • The Art Student
  • The Inn-Keeper at Crez
  • A Soul in Hell
  • A Model

[edit] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"'Oh, what a pity,' said Betty from the heart, 'that we aren't introduced now!'"

"'Ah, don't be cross!' she said."

"Betty stared at him coldly."

"Betty looked nervously around--the scene was agitatingly unfamiliar."

"Unfinished, but a disquieting likeness."

"'No, thank you: it's all done now.'"

"On the further arm of the chair sat, laughing also, a very pretty young woman."

"The next morning brought him a letter."

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The author died in 1924, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.