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Text of The Novel on Blue Paper

Transcribed here from The Novel on Blue Paper. William Morris and Penelope Fitzgerald. London: Journeyman Press, 1982.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
  1. THE VILLAGE OF ORMSLADE
  2. THE RECTORY
  3. MRS RISLEY'S SECRET
  4. ELEANOR'S VISIT
  5. THE TWO LADS
  6. IN THE GARDEN—OLD JACK'S STORY
  7. FATHER AND SON
  8. UP THE STREAM
  9. THE ALOE BLOSSOMS
  10. CLARA AND HER MOTHER
  11. HOW THE DAY ENDED
  12. CLARA'S LETTER
  13. THE PLEASURE-PARTY: THE BEGINNING
  14. THE PLEASURE-PARTY: THE END
  15. JOHN LEAVES HOME
CONCLUSION

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