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"Another year had passed, and Colin, now of full age, had tired of working for Cicolari. It was all very well, this moulding clay and carving replicas of afflicted widows; it was all very well, this modelling busts and statuettes and little classical compositions; it was all very well, this picking up stray hints in a half-amateur fashion from the grand torsos of the British Museum and a few scattered Thorwaldsens or antiques of the great country houses; but Colin Churchill felt in his heart of hearts that all that was not sculpture. He was growing in years now, and instead of learning he was really working. Still, he had quite made up his mind that some day or other he should look with his own eyes on the glories of the Vatican and the Villa Albani. Nay, he had even begun to take lessons in Italian from Cicolari—counting his chickens before they were hatched, Minna said—so that he might not feel himself at a loss whenever the great and final day of his redemption should happen to arrive." (Excerpt)
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length14 hrs 48 mins
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Publish dateJul 24, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I. RURAL AMERICA.
25CHAPTER XXV. MINNA BETTERS HERSELF.
2CHAPTER II. RURAL ENGLAND.
26CHAPTER XXVI. BREAKING UP.
3CHAPTER III. PERNICIOUS LITERATURE.
27CHAPTER XXVII. THE DEACON MAKES A GOOD END.
4CHAPTER IV. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY.
28CHAPTER XXVIII. AN ART PATRON.
5CHAPTER V. EMANCIPATION.
29CHAPTER XXIX. A VIEW OF ROME, By Hiram Winthrop.
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6CHAPTER VI. ENTER A NEW ENGLANDER.
30CHAPTER XXX. MINNA’S RESOLUTION.
7CHAPTER VII. THE DEACON FALTERS.
31CHAPTER XXXI. COUSINS.
8CHAPTER VIII. WOOD AND STONE.
32CHAPTER XXXII. RE-ENTER GWEN.
9CHAPTER IX. CONSPIRACY.
33CHAPTER XXXIII. CECCA.
10CHAPTER X. MINNA IMPROVES HERSELF.
34CHAPTER XXXIV. HIRAM SEES LAND.
11CHAPTER XI. EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES.
35CHAPTER XXXV. MAN PROPOSES.
12CHAPTER XII. AN ARTISTIC ENGAGEMENT.
36CHAPTER XXXVI. CECCA SHOWS HER HAND.
13CHAPTER XIII. AN EVE IN EDEN.
37CHAPTER XXXVII. CECCA AND MINNA.
14CHAPTER XIV. MINNA GIVES NOTICE.
38CHAPTER XXXVIII. GWEN HAS A VISITOR.
15CHAPTER XV. A DOOR OPENS
39CHAPTER XXXIX. GWEN’S DECISION.
16CHAPTER XVI. COLIN’S DEPARTURE.
40CHAPTER XL. AFTER THE STORM.
17CHAPTER XVII. A LITTLE CLOUD LIKE A MAN’S HAND.
41CHAPTER XLI. AUDOUIN’S MISTAKE.
18CHAPTER XVIII. HIRAM IN WONDERLAND.
42CHAPTER XLII. A DISTINGUISHED CRITIC.
19CHAPTER XIX. UNWARRANTABLE INTRUSION.
43CHAPTER XLIII. THE SLOUGH OF DESPOND.
20CHAPTER XX. THE STRANDS CONVERGE.
44CHAPTER XLIV. THE CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.
21CHAPTER XXI. COLIN SETTLES HIMSELF.
45CHAPTER XLV. HOVERING.
22CHAPTER XXII. HIRAM GETS SETTLED.
46CHAPTER XLVI. AUDOUIN SINKS OR SWIMS.
23CHAPTER XXIII. RECOGNITION.
47CHAPTER XLVII. ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.
24CHAPTER XXIV. GWEN AND HIRAM.
