قراءة كتاب Denis Dent: A Novel
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DENIS DENT
A Novel
By ERNEST W. HORNUNG
Author of "The Amateur Cracksman,"
"Raffles," "No Hero," etc.
With a Frontispiece by
HARRISON FISHER
NEW YORK · FREDERICK A.
STOKES COMPANY · PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1903,
By Frank Leslie Publishing House
Copyright, 1903,
By E. W. Hornung
All Rights Reserved
This edition published in January, 1904.
To
P. M. MARTINEAU, Esq., J. P.
Dear Mr. Martineau,
The little picture of the past attempted in this tale owes more than one touch to your kindness. I only wish that the whole were nearer the mark aimed at, and so worthier to bear your name upon this page.
Yours very sincerely,
E. W. HORNUNG.
Reform Club,
October 27th, 1903.
CONTENTS
| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | The Second Officer | 1 |
| II. | Sauve Qui Peut | 10 |
| III. | The Castaways | 18 |
| IV. | Lost and Found | 30 |
| V. | A Touch of Fever | 37 |
| VI. | New Conditions | 48 |
| VII. | Denis and Nan | 57 |
| VIII. | Cold Water | 70 |
| IX. | The Canvas City | 79 |
| X. | Thieves in the Night | 90 |
| XI. | Strange Bedfellows | 102 |
| XII. | El Dorado | 114 |
| XIII. | The Enemy's Camp | 122 |
| XIV. | The First Claim | 133 |
| XV. | A Pious Fraud | 146 |
| XVI. | A Windfall | 158 |
| XVII. | Hate and Money | 168 |
| XVIII. | Rotten Gully | 178 |
| XIX. | New Blood | 187 |
| XX. | The Jeweler's Shop | 196 |
| XXI. | The Courier of Death | 211 |
| XXII. | Atra Cura | 220 |
| XXIII. | Broken Off | 231 |
| XXIV. | Death's Door | 243 |
| XXV. |