Philistia

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Adapted from Philistia (1884) by Grant Allen

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Sunday has run late at Epsilon Terrace, and Harry Oswald arrives in evening dress for a reception that distrusts its own collar. Max Schurz starts work at seven tomorrow; to him ten o'clock is not the beginning of an evening. You step into this one-chapter preview with Harry Oswald at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. Then tell us your special line at Oxford, and let the room decide what it can learn. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.

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Chapters

A White Tie Among RevolutionariesEpsilon Terrace and the Marylebone salon · 5 min

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