Carrie was an apt student of fortune's ways--of fortune's superficialities. Seeing a thing, she would immediately set to inquiring how she wou...
Mrs. Hurstwood was not aware of any of her husband's moral defections, though she might readily have suspected his tendencies, which she well unde...
Chapter 13HIS CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED--A BABEL OF TONGUESIt was not quite two days after the scene between Carrie and Hurstwood in the Ogden Place parlou...
Chapter 14WITH EYES AND NOT SEEING--ONE INFLUENCE WANESCarrie in her rooms that evening was in a fine glow, physically and mentally. She was deeply re...
Chapter 15THE IRK OF THE OLD TIES--THE MAGIC OF YOUTHThe complete ignoring by Hurstwood of his own home came with the growth of his affection for Carr...
Chapter 16A WITLESS ALADDIN: THE GATE TO THE WORLDIn the course of his present stay in Chicago, Drouet paid some slight attention to the secret order ...
Chapter 17A GLIMPSE THROUGH THE GATEWAY: HOPE LIGHTENS THE EYEThe, to Carrie, very important theatrical performance was to take place at the Avery on ...
Chapter 18JUST OVER THE BORDER: A HAIL AND FAREWELLBy the evening of the 16th the subtle hand of Hurstwood had made itself apparent. He had given the ...
Chapter 19AN HOUR IN ELFLAND: A CLAMOUR HALF HEARDAt last the curtain was ready to go up. All the details of the make-up had been completed, and the c...
Chapter 20THE LURE OF THE SPIRIT: THE FLESH IN PURSUITPassion in a man of Hurstwood's nature takes a vigorous form. It is no musing, dreamy thing....