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THE LION'S SHARE

by

Arnold Bennett

First Published 1916.

_BY THE SAME AUTHOR_

NOVELS--

A MAN FROM THE NORTH

ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS

LEONORA

A GREAT MAN

SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE

WHOM GOD HATH JOINED

BURIED ALIVE

THE OLD WIVES' TALE

THE GLIMPSE

HELEN WITH THE HIGH HAND

CLAYHANGER

HILDA LESSWAYS

THESE TWAIN

THE CARD

THE REGENT

THE PRICE OF LOVE

FANTASIAS--

THE GRAND BABYLON HOTEL

THE GATES OF WRATH

TERESA OF WATLING STREET

THE LOOT OF CITIES

HUGO

THE GHOST

THE CITY OF PLEASURE

SHORT STORIES--

TALES OF THE FIVE TOWNS

THE GRIM SMILE OF THE FIVE TOWNS

THE MATADOR OF THE FIVE TOWNS

BELLES-LETTRES--

JOURNALISM FOR WOMEN

FAME AND FICTION

HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHOR

THE TRUTH ABOUT AN AUTHOR

THE REASONABLE LIFE

HOW TO LIVE ON TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY

THE HUMAN MACHINE

LITERARY TASTE

FRIENDSHIP AND HAPPINESS

THOSE UNITED STATES

MARRIAGE

LIBERTY

DRAMA--

POLITE FARCES

CUPID AND COMMONSENSE

WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS

THE HONEYMOON

THE GREAT ADVENTURE

MILESTONES (in collaboration with Edward Knoblauch)

* * * * *

(In collaboration with Eden Phillpotts)

THE SINEWS OF WAR: A Romance

THE STATUE: A Romance

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

1. MISS INGATE, AND THE YACHT
2. THE THIEF'S PLAN WRECKED
3. THE LEGACY
4. MR. FOULGER
5. THE DEAD HAND
6. THE YOUNG WIDOW
7. THE CIGARETTE GIRL
8. EXPLOITATION OF WIDOWHOOD
9. LIFE IN PARIS
10. FANCY DRESS
11. A POLITICAL REFUGEE
12. WIDOWHOOD IN THE STUDIO
13. THE SWOON
14. MISS INGATE POINTS OUT THE DOOR
15. THE RIGHT BANK
16. ROBES
17. SOIREE
18. A DECISION
19. THE BOUDOIR
20. PAGET GARDENS
21. JANE
22. THE DETECTIVE
23. THE BLUE CITY
24. THE SPATTS
25. THE MUTE
26. NOCTURNE
27. IN THE GARDEN
28. ENCOUNTER
29. FLIGHT
30. ARIADNE
31. THE NOSTRUM
32. BY THE BINNACLE
33. AGUILAR'S DOUBLE LIFE
34. THE TANK-ROOM
35. THE THIRD SORT OF WOMAN
36. IN THE DINGHY
37. AFLOAT
38. IN THE UNIVERSE
39. THE IMMINENT DRIVE
40. GENIUS AT BAY
41. FINANCIAL NEWS
42. INTERVAL
43. ENTR'ACTE
44. END OF THE CONCERT
45. STRANGE RESULT OF A QUARREL
46. AN EPILOGUE

		"Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires; but what foundation did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him." Napole n Bonaparte