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Fiction · 1915

Jean of the Lazy a

Bower

Reading time
about 5 h
Length
72,326 words · 263 pages
Structure
26 chapters
Language
English
Era
Modern

Jean of the Lazy a, first published in 1915, has been pulled into the Bibliomancer archive: the complete text, carefully cleaned and typeset, free to read online. Its editorial introduction is still being prepared.

Contents

  1. Chapter I — How Trouble Came to the Lazy a
  2. Chapter II — Concerning Lite and a Few Footprints
  3. Chapter III — What a Man’s Good Name Is Worth
  4. Chapter IV — Jean
  5. Chapter V — Jean Rides Into a Small Adventure
  6. Chapter VI — And the Villain Pursued Her
  7. Chapter VII — Robert Grant Burns Gets Help
  8. Chapter VIII — Jean Spoils Something
  9. Chapter IX — A Man-Sized Job for Jean
  10. Chapter X — Jean Learns What Fear Is Like
  11. Chapter XI — Lite’s Pupil Demonstrates
  12. Chapter XII — To “Double” for Muriel Gay
  13. Chapter XIII — Pictures and Plans and Mysterious Footsteps
  14. Chapter XIV — Punch Verses Prestige
  15. Chapter XV — A Leading Lady They Would Make of Jean
  16. Chapter XVI — For Once at Least Lite Had His Way
  17. Chapter XVII — “Why Don’t You Give Them Something Real?”
  18. Chapter XVIII — A New Kind of Picture
  19. Chapter XIX — In Los Angeles
  20. Chapter XX — Chance Takes a Hand
  21. Chapter XXI — Jean Believes That She Takes Matters Into Her Own Hands
  22. Chapter XXII — Jean Meets One Crisis and Confronts Another
  23. Chapter XXIII — A Little Enlightenment
  24. Chapter XXIV — The Letter in the Chaps
  25. Chapter XXV — Lite Comes Out of the Background
  26. Chapter XXVI — How Happiness Returned to the Lazy a

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1871–1940 · Modern

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