25 Chapters
- 1 THE SYSTEM
- 2 HER INHERITANCE
- 3 FIRST LOVE
- 4 THE TREADWELLS
- 5 OLIVER, THE ROMANTIC
- 6 A TREADWELL IN REVOLT
- 7 THE ARTIST IN PHILISTIA
- 8 WHITE MAGIC
- 9 THE GREAT MAN MOVES
- 10 OLIVER SURRENDERS
- 11 VIRGINIA PREPARES FOR THE FUTURE
- 12 VIRGINIA'S LETTERS
- 13 THE RETURN
- 14 HER CHILDREN
- 15 FAILURE
- 16 THE SHADOW
- 17 THE WILL TO LIVE
- 18 THE PANG OF MOTHERHOOD
- 19 THE PROBLEM OF THE SOUTH
- 20 THE CHANGING ORDER
- 21 THE PRICE OF COMFORT
- 22 MIDDLE-AGE
- 23 LIFE'S CRUELTIES
- 24 BITTERNESS
- 25 THE FUTURE