Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's ReignCollection of narratives about occurences, scandals etc. in the noble society covering the period from 1837 to 1847. "I have written this Gossip not only for the edification of those to whom a portion, more or less, may be news, but for those who, like myself, have lived through the whole of Queen Victoria's reign, to whom the remembrance of things, almost forgotten, may bring pleasure and excite interest." Originally released in 1903. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Gentlemen | 7 |
CHAPTER VII | 63 |
CHAPTER X | 96 |
CHAPTER XII | 114 |
CHAPTER XIII | 126 |
CHAPTER XIV | 136 |
CHAPTER XV | 146 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 180 |
CHAPTER XIX | 191 |
CHAPTER XXI | 210 |
CHAPTER XXII | 222 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 237 |
Beginning of the Railway Mania Sailing of | 247 |
CHAPTER XXV | 258 |
CHAPTER XXVIII | 285 |
CHAPTER XVI | 158 |
CHAPTER XVII | 170 |
CHAPTER XXIX | 298 |
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