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The long day
the story of a New York working girl (1905)

by "Dorothy Richardson"

 

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I 

 IN WHICH I ARRIVE IN NEW YORK

II 

 IN WHICH I START OUT IN QUEST OF WORK

III 

 I TRY "LIGHT" HOUSEKEEPING IN A FOURTEENTH-STREET LODGING-HOUSE

IV 

 WHEREIN FATE BRINGS ME GOOD FORTUNE IN ONE HAND AND DISASTER IN THE OTHER

V 

 IN WHICH I AM "LEARNED" BY PHŒBE IN THE ART OF BOX-MAKING

VI 

 IN WHICH PHŒBE AND MRS. SMITH HOLD FORTH UPON MUSIC AND LITERATURE

VII 

 IN WHICH I ACQUIRE A STORYBOOK NAME AND MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF MISS HENRIETTA MANNERS

VIII 

 WHEREIN I WALK THROUGH DARK AND DEVIOUS WAYS WITH HENRIETTA MANNERS

IX 

 INTRODUCING HENRIETTA'S "SPECIAL GENTLEMAN-FRIEND"

X 

 IN WHICH I FIND MYSELF A HOMELESS WANDERER IN THE NIGHT

XI 

 I BECOME AN "INMATE" OF A HOME FOR WORKING GIRLS

XII 

 IN WHICH I SPEND A HAPPY FOUR WEEKS MAKING ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS

XIII 

 THREE "LADY-FRIENDS," AND THE ADVENTURES THAT BEFALL THEM

XIV 

 IN WHICH A TRAGIC FATE OVERTAKES MY LADY-FRIENDS

XV 

 I BECOME A "SHAKER" IN A STEAM-LAUNDRY

XVI 

IN WHICH IT IS PROVED TO ME THAT THE DARKEST HOUR
COMES JUST BEFORE THE DAWN

 

EPILOGUE