Dedication
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Mi&longs;s Donaldson
with the
affectionate
regards of
Mrs Alcott
Presented by
Mrs. Stephen Dunbar Thach
in memory of
Henry M. Pierce
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Abstract
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1st ed of her 1st novel
BAL 149
Wright II - 32
Inscribed by her mother, who was
the original of the heroine in
this love-triangle novel which
contemporaries considered immoral
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Preliminaries
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Title Page
MOODS.
BY
LOUISA M. ALCOTT,
AUTHOR OF “HOSPITAL SKETCHES.”
“Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove
to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only
what lies in its own focus.” Emerson.
LORING, Publisher,
319 Washington Street,
BOSTON.
1865.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by
A. K. LORING,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts
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CONTENTS.
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PAGE.
CHAPTER I.
IN A YEAR 7
CHAPTER II.
WHIMS 21
CHAPTER III.
AFLOAT 29
CHAPTER IV.
THROUGH FLOOD, AND FIELD, AND FIRE 57
CHAPTER V.
A GOLDEN WEDDING 81
CHAPTER VI.
WHY SYLVIA WAS HAPPY 102
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CHAPTER VII.
DULL, BUT NECESSARY 113
CHAPTER VIII.
NO 120
CHAPTER IX.
HOLLY 130
CHAPTER X.
YES 141
CHAPTER XI.
WOOING 149
CHAPTER XII.
WEDDING 158
CHAPTER XIII.
SYLVIA'S HONEYMOON 165
CHAPTER XIV.
A FIRESIDE FETE 183
CHAPTER XV.
EARLY AND LATE 195
CHAPTER XVI.
IN THE TWILIGHT 206
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CHAPTER XVII.
ASLEEP AND AWAKE 223
CHAPTER XVIII.
WHAT NEXT? 238
CHAPTER XIX.
SIX MONTHS 259
CHAPTER XX.
COME 270
CHAPTER XXI.
OUT OF THE SHADOW 285
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Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 [1865], Moods. (Loring, Boston) [word count] [eaf443T].
