THE CITY OF PLEASURE
Reading edition
A Fantasia on Modern Themes
By Arnold Bennett
Author Of “The Old Wives’ Tale,” “Clayhanger,” “The Old Adam,” Etc.
New York: George H. Doran Company
1907
CONTENTS
THE CITY OF PLEASURE
PART I—CARPENTARIA
CHAPTER I—Over the City
CHAPTER II—Interviewed
CHAPTER III—Inspiration
CHAPTER IV—Mrs. Ilam
CHAPTER V—The Band
CHAPTER VI—The Black Burden
CHAPTER VII—The Cut
CHAPTER VIII—Disappearance of Juliette
CHAPTER IX—The Dead Dog
CHAPTER X—A Pinch of Snuff
CHAPTER XI—The Return to Life
CHAPTER XII—On the Wheel
CHAPTER XIII—Performances of Mr. Jetsam
PART II—THE TWINS
CHAPTER XIV—Entry of the Twins
CHAPTER XV—Proposal of Josephus
CHAPTER XVI—The Box
CHAPTER XVII—The Man on the Balcony
CHAPTER XVIII—An Arrangement for a Marriage
CHAPTER XIX—The Heart of the City
CHAPTER XX—What Jetsam Wanted
CHAPTER XXI—Interrupting a Concert
CHAPTER XXII—Carpentaria as Detective
CHAPTER XXIII—The Talk in the Garden
PART III—JETSAM
CHAPTER XXIV—The Boat
CHAPTER XXV—-A Wholesale Departure
CHAPTER XXVI—The Empty Bedroom
CHAPTER XXVII—The Photograph
CHAPTER XXVIII—The Dead March
CHAPTER XXIX—Mr. Jetsam’s Recital
CHAPTER XXX—The Words of Mrs. Ilam
CHAPTER XXXI—Unison