Mary Russell Mitford
- Subtitle
- The tragedy of a blue stocking
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. CHAPTER I EARLY DAYS IN ALRESFORD4. CHAPTER II LYME REGIS AND TRAGEDY’S SHADOW5. CHAPTER III READING AND SCHOOL DAYS AT CHELSEA6. CHAPTER IV SCHOOLDAYS AND MISS ROWDEN’S INFLUENCE7. CHAPTER V READING8. CHAPTER VI BERTRAM HOUSE9. CHAPTER VII THE TRIP TO NORTHUMBERLAND10. CHAPTER VIII LITERATURE AS A SERIOUS AND PURPOSEFUL OCCUPATION11. CHAPTER IX THE FIRST BOOK12. CHAPTER X A YEAR OF ANXIETY13. CHAPTER XI LITERARY CRITICISM AND AN UNPRECEDENTED COMPLIMENT14. CHAPTER XII DWINDLING FORTUNES AND A GLEAM OF SUCCESS15. CHAPTER XIII LITERARY FRIENDS AND LAST DAYS AT BERTRAM HOUSE16. CHAPTER XIV THE COTTAGE AT THREE MILE CROSS17. CHAPTER XV A BUSY WOMAN18. CHAPTER XVI “GOD GRANT ME TO DESERVE SUCCESS”19. CHAPTER XVII OUR VILLAGE IS PUBLISHED20. CHAPTER XVIII MACREADY AND RIENZI21. CHAPTER XIX A SLAVE OF THE LAMP22. CHAPTER XX MACREADY’S RESERVATION, AND LORD LYTTON’S PRAISE23. CHAPTER XXI A GREAT SORROW24. CHAPTER XXII “THE WORKHOUSE—A FAR PREFERABLE DESTINY”25. CHAPTER XXIII “MY OLDEST AND KINDEST FRIEND.”26. CHAPTER XXIV VARIOUS FRIENDSHIPS27. CHAPTER XXV THE STATE PENSION28. CHAPTER XXVI DEATH OF DR. MITFORD29. CHAPTER XXVII LOVE FOR CHILDREN AND LAST DAYS AT THREE MILE CROSS30. CHAPTER XXVIII SWALLOWFIELD AND THE END