Time of HopeHouse of Stratus, 23 sept. 2008 - 396 pages Time of Hope is the third in the Strangers and Brothers series and tells the story of Lewis Eliot's early life. As a child he is faced with his father's bankruptcy. As a young man, he finds his career at the Bar hindered by a neurotic wife. Separation from her is impossible however. |
Table des matières
Chime of a Clock | 3 |
Mr Eliots First Match | 11 |
An Appearance at Church | 20 |
My Mothers Hopes | 28 |
A Tenshilling Note In Front of the Class | 36 |
The First Start | 46 |
The Effect of a Feud | 53 |
A Sunday Morning | 65 |
I Believe In Joy | 207 |
Results of a Proposal | 218 |
Second Meeting With a Doctor | 226 |
The Examination | 236 |
Triumph and Surrender | 242 |
Part Five THE HARD | 247 |
Two Controllers | 249 |
Manoeuvers | 257 |
At a Bedside | 71 |
The View Over the Roofs | 76 |
Part Two TOWARDS A GAMBLE | 81 |
Discontent and Talks of Love | 83 |
Pride at a Football Match | 88 |
The Hopes of Our Youth | 96 |
An Act of Kindness | 103 |
An Intention and a Name | 109 |
Denunciation | 116 |
The Letter on the Chest of Drawers | 124 |
Part Three THE END OF INNOCENCE | 129 |
Walking Alone | 131 |
The Calm of a September Afternoon | 137 |
In the Rain | 146 |
Deceiving and Pleasing | 158 |
Christmas Eve | 165 |
The Lights of a House | 174 |
The Key In the Lock | 180 |
Part Four THE FIRST SURRENDER | 185 |
A Piece of Advice | 187 |
Meeting by Accident | 196 |
A Friends Case | 266 |
A Freezing Night | 273 |
A Stroke of Luck | 277 |
Value In Others Eyes | 282 |
Some Kinds of Suffering | 291 |
Sheilas Room | 302 |
Listening to Music | 311 |
Part Six A SINGLE | 317 |
The Sense of Power | 319 |
Steaming Clothes Before the Fire | 327 |
Mr Knight Tries to be Direct | 332 |
Beside the Water | 341 |
Part Seven THE DECISION | 345 |
An Autumn Dawn | 347 |
The New House | 355 |
Another Night In Edens DrawingRoom | 360 |
Two Men Rebuild Their Hopes | 370 |
Parting | 376 |
Walk In the Garden | 382 |
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