George MacDonald

Weighed and Wanting

First published
1882
Length
163,000 words, about 12 hours' reading

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A family’s fall from comfort, and the daughter who learns to serve.

Contents

  1. Chapter I. Bad Weather
  2. Chapter II. Father, Mother, and Son
  3. Chapter III. The Magic Lantern
  4. Chapter IV. Hester Alone
  5. Chapter V. Truly the Light is Sweet
  6. Chapter VI. The Aquarium
  7. Chapter VII. Amy Amber
  8. Chapter VIII. Cornelius and Vavasor
  9. Chapter IX. Songs and Singers
  10. Chapter X. Hester and Amy
  11. Chapter XI. At Home
  12. Chapter XII. A Beginning
  13. Chapter XIII. A Private Exhibition
  14. Chapter XIV. Vavasor and Hester
  15. Chapter XV. A Small Failure
  16. Chapter XVI. The Concert Room
  17. Chapter XVII. An Uninvited Guest
  18. Chapter XVIII. Catastrophe
  19. Chapter XIX. Light and Shade
  20. Chapter XX. The Journey
  21. Chapter XXI. Mother and Daughter
  22. Chapter XXII. Gladness
  23. Chapter XXIII. Down the Hill
  24. Chapter XXIV. Out of the Frying-Pan
  25. Chapter XXV. Was it into the Fire?
  26. Chapter XXVI. Waiting a Purpose
  27. Chapter XXVII. Major H.g. Marvel
  28. Chapter XXVIII. The Major and Vavasor
  29. Chapter XXIX. A Brave Act
  30. Chapter XXX. In Another Light
  31. Chapter XXXI. The Major and Cousin Helen's Boys
  32. Chapter XXXII. A Distinguished Guest
  33. Chapter XXXIII. Courtship in Earnest
  34. Chapter XXXIV. Calamity
  35. Chapter XXXV. In London
  36. Chapter XXXVI. A Talk with the Major
  37. Chapter XXVII. Rencontres
  38. Chapter XXXVIII. In the House
  39. Chapter XXXIX. The Major and the Small-Pox
  40. Chapter XL. Down and Down
  41. Chapter XLI. Difference
  42. Chapter XLII. Deep Calleth unto Deep
  43. Chapter XLIII. Deliverance
  44. Chapter XLIV. On the Way Up
  45. Chapter XLV. More Yet
  46. Chapter XLVI. Amy and Corney
  47. Chapter XLVII. Miss Vavasor
  48. Chapter XLVIII. Mr. Christopher
  49. Chapter XLIX. An Arrangement
  50. Chapter L. Things at Home
  51. Chapter LI. The Return
  52. Chapter LII. A Heavenly Vision
  53. Chapter LIII. A Sad Beginning
  54. Chapter LIV. Mother and Son
  55. Chapter LV. Miss Dasomma and Amy
  56. Chapter LVI. The Sick Room
  57. Chapter LVII. Vengeance is Mine
  58. Chapter LVIII. Father and Daughter-In-Law
  59. Chapter LIX. The Message
  60. Chapter LX. A Birthday Gift

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