The Broad Highway by Jeffery Farnol
The novel follows the story of a young man who leaves his home to seek adventure and fortune. He becomes embroiled in various misadventures, including a duel with a rival suitor for the affections of a woman he has fallen in love with. As he travels through Europe, he encounters a variety of characters, including a mysterious and beautiful woman who becomes a central figure in his life. The novel explores themes of love, loyalty, and identity as the protagonist navigates his relationships with these characters. Throughout the book, the author uses vivid descriptions of landscapes and cultures to create a sense of atmosphere and mood. The narrative is often humorous and lighthearted, but also touches on more serious themes such as class and social status. Ultimately, the novel builds towards a dramatic confrontation between the protagonist and his rival, which has significant consequences for the characters involved.
By Jeffery Farnol · First published 1905 · Genre: Adventure, Romance, Historical Fiction · 60 chapters · 197,615 words
First lines
"And to my nephew, Maurice Vibart, I bequeath the sum of twenty thousand pounds in the fervent hope that it may help him to the devil within the year, or as soon after as may be."
Here Mr. Grainger paused in his reading to glance up over the rim of his spectacles, while Sir Richard lay back in his chair and laughed loudly. "Gad! " he exclaimed, still chuckling, "I'd give a hundred pounds if he could have been present to hear that," and the baronet went off into another roar of merriment.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Jeffery Farnol
- Date: 1905 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Adventure, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Coming-of-Age
- Length: 197,615 words
- Structure: 81 chapters, 5,475 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Genres
- Adventure — The plot centers around a journey filled with exploration and personal growth.
- Romance — Themes of love and relationships are central to the character development and narrative.
- Historical Fiction — The setting and context reflect a specific historical period, influencing the characters and events.
- Literary Fiction — The writing style emphasizes character introspection and thematic depth.
Tags
Historical Fiction · Romance · Adventure · Travelogue · Humor · Satire · Social Commentary · Class Satire · English Literature · 19th Century Literature · Victorian Era · Coming of Age
Contents
- Chiefly Concerning my Uncle's Last will and Testament
- I Set Out
- Concerns itself Mainly with a Hat
- I Meet with a Great Misfortune
- The Bagman
- What Befell me at "the White Hart"
- Of the further Puzzling Behavior of Tom Cragg, the Pugilist
- Which Concerns itself with a Farmer's Whiskers and a Waistcoat
- In which I Stumble Upon an Affair of Honor
- Which Relates the End of an Honorable Affair
- Which Relates a Brief Passage-At-Arms at "the Chequers" Inn
- The One-Legged Soldier
- In which I Find an Answer to my Riddle
- Further Concerning the Gentleman in the Battered Hat
- In which I Meet with a Pedler by the Name of "Gabbing" Dick
- How I Heard the Steps of One who Dogged me in the Shadows
- How I Talked with a Madman in a Wood by Moonlight
- The Hedge-Tavern
- In which I Become a Squire of Dames
- Concerning Daemons in General and One in Particular
- "Journeys End in Lovers' Meetings"
- In which I Meet with a Literary Tinker
- Concerning Happiness, a Ploughman, and Silver Buttons
- Which Introduces the Reader to the Ancient
- Of Black George, the Smith, and how we Threw the Hammer
- Wherein I Learn more Concerning the Ghost of the Ruined Hut
- Which Tells how and in what Manner I Saw the Ghost
- The Highland Piper
- How Black George and I Shook Hands
- In which I Forswear myself and am Accused of Possessing the "Evil Eye"
- In which Donald Bids me Farewell
- In which this First Book Begins to Draw to a Close
- In which we Draw Yet Nearer to the End of this First Book
- Which Describes Sundry Happenings at the Fair, and Ends this First Book
- Of Storm, and Tempest, and of the Coming of Charmian
- The Postilion
- Which Bears Ample Testimony to the Strength of the Gentleman's Fists
- Which, Among other Matters, has to do with Bruises and Bandages
- In which I Hear Ill News of George
- In which I Learn of an Impending Danger
- Which Narrates a Somewhat Remarkable Conversation
- In which I See a Vision in the Glory of the Moon, and Eat of a Poached Rabbit
- Which Relates Somewhat of Charmian Brown
- I am Suspected of the Black Art
- A Shadow in the Hedge
- Who Comes?
- A Pedler in Arcadia
- Concerning Black George's Letter
- Which, being in Parenthesis, May be Skipped if the Reader so Desire
- Concerning, Among other Matters, the Price of Beef, and the Lady Sophia Sefton of Cambourne
- The Omen
- In which I Hear News of Sir Maurice Vibart
- How I Met Black George again, and Wherein the Patient Reader Shall Find a "Little Blood"
- How I Came up out of the Dark
- Of the Opening of the Door, and how Charmian Blew out the Light
- In which the Ancient Discourses on Love
- How Gabbing Dick, the Pedler, Set a Hammer Going in my Head
- The Virgil Book
- In which the Reader Shall Find Little to do with the Story, and May, Therefore, Skip
- Of Storm, and Tempest, and how I Met One Praying in the Dawn