Inspired by the real life story of Caroline Norton, a friend of the author's, this book tells about a lively woman who is trapped in a miserable marriage. Yet Diana is not one to give up in her quest for love, happiness and fulfillment. - Summary by Stav Nisser
Chapter 1: Of Diaries and Diarists Touching the HeroineChapter 2: An Irish BallChapter 3: The Interior of Mr. Redworth, and the Exterior of Mr. Sullivan SmithChapter 4: Containing Hints of Diana's Experiences and of what They Led toChapter 5: Concerning the Scrupulous Gentleman who Came Too LateChapter 6: The CoupleChapter 7: The CrisisChapter 8: In which is Exhibited How a Practical Man and a Divining Woman Learn to Respect One AnotherChapter 9: Shows How a Position of Delicacy for a Lady and Gentleman was Met in Simple Fashion Without Hurt to EitherChapter 10: The Conflict of the NightChapter 11: Recounts the Journey in a Chariot, with a Certain Amount of Dialogue, and a Small Incident on the RoadChapter 12: Between Emma and DianaChapter 13: Touching the First Days of Her ProbationChapter 14: Giving Glimpses of Diana Under Her Cloud Before the World and of Her Further ApprenticeshipChapter 15: Introduces the Hon. Percy DacierChapter 16: Treats of a Midnight Bell, and of a Scene of Early MorningChapter 17: 'The Princess Egeria'Chapter 18: The AuthoressChapter 19: A Drive in Sunlight and a Drive in MoonlightChapter 20: Diana a Night-Watch in the Chamber of DeathChapter 21: 'The Young Minister of State'Chapter 22: Between Diana and Dacier: The Wind East Over Bleak LandChapter 23: Records a Visit to Diana from One of the World’s Good WomenChapter 24: Indicates a Soul Prepared for DesperationChapter 25: Once More the Crossways and a Change of TurningsChapter 26: In which a Disappointed Lover Receives a Multitude of LessonsChapter 27: Contains Matter for Subsequent ExplosionChapter 28: Dialogue Round the Subject of a Portrait, with Some Indications of the Task for DianaChapter 29: Shows the Approaches of the Political and the Domestic Crisis in CompanyChapter 30: In which There is a Taste of a Little Dinner and an AftertasteChapter 31: A Chapter Containing Great Political News and Therewith an Intrusion of the Love-GodChapter 32: Wherein We Behold a Giddy Turn at the Spectral CrosswaysChapter 33: Exhibits the Springing of a Mine in a Newspaper ArticleChapter 34: In which it is Darkly Seen How the Criminal's Judge May Be Love's CriminalChapter 35: Reveals How the True Heroine of Romance Comes Finally to Her, Time of TriumphChapter 36: Is Conclusive as to the Heartlessness of Women with BrainsChapter 37: An Exhibition of Some Champions of the Stricken LadyChapter 38: Convalescence of a Healthy Mind DistraughtChapter 39: Of Nature with One of Her Cultivated Daughters and a Short Excursion in Anti-ClimaxChapter 40: In which We See Nature Making of a Woman a Maid Again, and a Thrice WhimsicalChapter 41: Contains a Revelation of the Origin of the Tigress in DianaChapter 42: The Penultimate: Showing a Final Struggle for Liberty and Run into HarnessChapter 43: Nuptial Chapter; and of How a Barely Willing Woman was Led to Bloom with the Nuptial Sentiment
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