I 3
II 8
III 14
IV 37
V 43
VI 57
VII 72
VIII 79
IX 85
X 96
XI 106
BOOK SECOND
THE ARRIVAL 119
I 119
II 124
III 129
IV 134
V 145
VI 153
VII 166
VIII 175
BOOK THIRD
THE FASCINATION 189
I 189
II 194
III 204
IV 219
V 228
VI 236
VII 244
VIII 259
BOOK FOURTH
THE CLOSED DOOR 271
I 271
II 278
III 290
IV 303
V 311
VI 316
VII 328
VIII 336
BOOK FIFTH
THE DISCOVERY 349
I 349
II 357
III 368
IV 377
V 382
VI 390
VII 397
VIII 406
IX 417
BOOK SIXTH
AFTERCOURSES 433
I 433
II 443
III 447
IV 452
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AUTHOR''S PREFACE
The date at which the following events are assumed to have occurred may be set down as between 1840 and 1850, when the old watering-place herein called "Budmouth" still retained sufficient afterglow from its Georgian gaiety and prestige to lend it an absorbing attractiveness to the romantic and
imaginative soul of a lonely dweller inland.
Under the general name of "Egdon Heath," which has been given to the sombre scene of the story, are united or typified heaths of various real names, to the number of at least a dozen; these being virtually one in character and aspect, though their original unity, or partial unity, is now somewhat disguised by intrusive strips and slices brought under the plough with varying degrees of success, or planted to woodland.
It is pleasant to dream that some spot in the extensive tract whose south-western quarter is here described, may be the heath of that traditionary King of WessexLear.
July 1895