ConfessionCONFESSIONReading editionChapter navigation55 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…CONFESSIONTHE BLIND HEARTChapter I · — CONFESSION, OR THE BLIND HEART.Chapter II · — BOY PASSIONS—A PROFESSION CHOSEN.Chapter III · — ADMITTED AMONG THE LAWYERSChapter IV · — “SHE STILL SOOTHED THE MOCK OF OTHERS.”Chapter V · — DEBUT.Chapter VI · — DENIAL AND DEFEAT.Chapter VII · — TEMPTATION.Chapter VIII · — LOVE FINDS NO SMOOTH WATER IN THE SEA OF LAWChapter IX · — DUELLO.Chapter X · — HEAD WINDS.Chapter XI · — CRISIS.Chapter XII · — “GONE TO BE MARRIED.”Chapter XIII · — BAFFLED FURY.Chapter XIV · — ONE DEBT PAID.Chapter XV · — HONEYMOON PERIOD.Chapter XVI · — THE HAPPY SEASON.Chapter XVII · — THE EVIL PRINCIPLE.Chapter XVIII · — PRESENTIMENTS.Chapter XIX · — DISTRUST.Chapter XX · — PROGRESS OF THE EVIL SPIRIT.Chapter XXI · — CHANGES OF HOME.Chapter XXII · — SELF-HUMILIATION.Chapter XXIII · — PROGRESS OF PASSION.Chapter XXIV · — A GROUP.Chapter XXV · — THE OLD GOOSE FINDS A YOUNG GANDER.Chapter XXXVI · — THE HEART-FIEND FINDS AN ECHO FROM THE FIEND WITHOUT.Chapter XXVII · — KINGSLEY.Chapter XXVIII · — MORALS OF ENTERPRISE.Chapter XXIX · — THE HELL.Chapter XXX · — FALSE LUCK.Chapter XXXI · — HOW THE GAME WAS PLAYEDChapter XXXII · — SUDDEN LESSON AND NEW SUSPICIONS.Chapter XXXIII · — STILL THE CLOUD.Chapter XXXIV · — A FATHER'S GRIEFS.Chapter XXXV · — APPLICATION OF “THE QUESTION.”Chapter XXXVI · — MEDITATED EXILE.Chapter XXXVII · — “AND STILL THE BITTER IN THE CUP OF JOY.”Chapter XXXVIII · — RENEWED AGONIES.Chapter XXXIX · — THE NEW HOME.Chapter XL · — THE BLACK DOG ONCE MORE UPON THE SCENE.Chapter XLI · — TRIAL—THE WOMAN GROWS STRONG.Chapter XLII · — CROSS PURPOSES.Chapter XLIII · — ACCIDENT AND MORE AGONIES.Chapter XLIV · — THE DAMNING LETTER.Chapter XLV · — VERGE OF THE PRECIPICE.Chapter XLVI · — THE UNBRIDLED MADNESS.Chapter XLVII · — FATAL SILENCE.Chapter XLVIII · — TOO LATE!Chapter XLIX · — SUICIDE.Chapter L · — CONFESSION OF EDGERTON.Chapter LI · — DOUBTS—SUMMONS.Chapter LII · — DEATH.Chapter LIII · — REVELATION—THE LETTER OF JULIA.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →THE BLIND HEARTAll chapters and sections (55)Other sectionsCONFESSIONTHE BLIND HEARTChapters1234567891011121314151617181920212223242536272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253or,THE BLIND HEART →