Adrian SavageI CONCERNING THE DEAD AND THE LIVINGReading editionChapter navigation39 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterAdrian SavageI CONCERNING THE DEAD AND THE LIVINGChapter I · IN WHICH THE READER IS INVITED TO MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE HERO OF THIS BOOKChapter II · WHEREIN A VERY MODERN YOUNG MAN TELLS A TIME-HONORED TALE WITH BUT SMALL ENCOURAGEMENTChapter III · TELLING HOW RENÉ DAX COOKED A SAVORY OMELETTE, AND WHY GABRIELLE ST. LEGER LOOKED OUT OF AN OPEN WINDOW AT PAST MIDNIGHTChapter IV · CLIMBING THE LADDERChapter V · PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOKChapter VI · SOME CONSEQUENCES OF PUTTING NEW WINE INTO OLD BOTTLESChapter VII · IN WHICH ADRIAN HELPS TO THROW EARTH INTO AN OPEN GRAVEChapter VIII · A MODERN ANTIGONEChapter I · A WASTERChapter II · THE RETURN OF THE NATIVEChapter III · A STRAINING OF FRIENDSHIPChapter IV · IN WHICH ADRIAN SETS FORTH IN PURSUIT OF THE FURTHER REASONChapter V · WITH DEBORAH, UNDER AN OAK IN THE PARC MONCEAUChapter VI · RECORDING THE VIGIL OF A SCARLET HOMUNCULUS AND ARISTIDES THE JUSTChapter I · RECORDING A BRAVE MAN'S EFFORT TO CULTIVATE HIS PRIVATE GARDENChapter II · A STRATEGIC MOVEMENT WHICH SECURES VICTORY WHILE SIMULATING RETREATChapter III · IN WHICH EUTERPE IS CALLED UPON TO PLAY THE PART OF INTERPRETERChapter IV · SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SYMRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOKChapter V · IN WHICH ADRIAN'S KNOWLEDGE OF SOME INHABITANTS OF THE TOWER HOUSE IS SENSIBLY INCREASEDChapter VI · WHICH PLAYS SEESAW BETWEEN A GAME OF LAWN-TENNIS AND A PRODIGAL SONChapter VII · PISTOLS OR POLITENESS—FOR TWOChapter VIII · "NUIT DE MAI"Chapter I · RE-ENTER A WAYFARING GOSSIPChapter II · IN THE TRACK OF THE BRAIN-STORMChapter III · IN WHICH THE STORM BREAKSChapter IV · ON THE HEIGHTSChapter V · DE PROFUNDISChapter I · SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE's LOCKED BOOKChapter II · RECORDING A SISTERLY EFFORT TO LET IN LIGHTChapter III · IN WHICH JOANNA EMBRACES A PHANTOM BLISSChapter IV · "COME UNTO THESE YELLOW SANDS"Chapter V · IN WHICH ADRIAN MAKES DISQUIETING ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE LONG ARM OF COINCIDENCEChapter VI · CONCERNING A CURSE, AND THE MANNER OF ITS GOING HOME TO ROOSTChapter VII · SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOKChapter VIII · IN WHICH A STRONG MAN ADOPTS A VERY SIMPLE METHOD OF CLEARING HIS OWN PATH OF THORNSChapter IX · WHEREIN ADRIAN SAVAGE SUCCEEDS IN AWAKENING LA BELLE AU BOIS DORMANTPrevious chapter ←Adrian SavageNext chapter →Chapter I · IN WHICH THE READER IS INVITED TO MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE HERO OF THIS BOOKAll chapters and sections (39)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsAdrian SavageI CONCERNING THE DEAD AND THE LIVINGChapters123456781234561234567812345123456789ADRIAN SAVAGE◇← Adrian SavageCHAPTER I IN WHICH THE READER IS INVITED TO MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE HERO OF THIS BOOK →