tion>Walter Besant
The Revolt of Man
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066248826
Table of Contents
CHAPTER II THE EARL OF CHESTER
CHAPTER VII ON THE TRUMPINGTON ROAD
CHAPTER IX THE GREAT CONSPIRACY
CHAPTER XII IN THE CAMP AT CHESTER TOWERS
CHAPTER XIII THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BATTLE
CHAPTER XIV THE ARMY OF AVENGERS
PREFACE
IT is now fourteen years since this book appeared anonymously. At first the story stood cold and shivering, disregarded by the world. Six weeks, however, after its production a highly appreciative review in one of the most important journals caused people to inquire after it. Since then it has gone through many editions.
Every one who has written stories knows the unaccountable difference there is between the ease and delight of writing some and the difficulties and troubles which attend the writing of others. The Revolt of Man was written during a certain summer holiday; day by day chapter by chapter, was read out, as it was finished, to two ladies. It is needless to say that their comments on the progress of events were often most valuable. Above all I may now acknowledge their advice as to the conclusion of the story. At first it ended in a real battle. ‘Let the Revolt of Man be bloodless,’ said my advisers. It is bloodless. The advice was excellent, and I followed it; and now, after fourteen years, I take this opportunity of thanking them.
W. B.
United University Club;
December 1896.
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EACH VOLUME HAS AN ATTRACTIVE COLOURED WRAPPER
| 1 | The Great Refusal | Maxwell Gray |
| 3 | The Brown Eyes of Mary | Madame Albanesi |
| 4 | The Golden Butterfly | Besant and Rice |
| 6 | A Weaver of Webs | John Oxenham |
| 7 | Saints in Society | Mrs. Baillie-Saunders |
| 8 | The Wreck of the Grosvenor | W. Clark Russell |
| 9 | Comin’ Thro’ the Rye | Helen Mathers |
| 10 | The Deemster | Hall Caine |
| 11 | The Happy Valley | B. M. Croker |
| 13 | New Arabian Nights | R. L. Stevenson |
| 15 | American Wives and English Husbands | Gertrude Atherton |
| 18 | The Tempestuous Petticoat | Robert Barr |
| 19 | A Ward of the Golden Gate | Bret Harte |
| 21 | Under the Greenwood Tree | Thomas Hardy |
| 23 | The Firm of Girdlestone | A. Conan Doyle |
| 25 | The School for Saints |
John Oliver Hobbes
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