The Well-Beloved

Sculptor Jocelyn Pierston has searched for the ideal woman for decades. He has courted mothers, daughters and granddaughters through the years, but none pass for perfect. Not until he is an older man does he reconsider his quest and rekindle an old flame who may just be worthy of his love.

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• Preface
• 1: Part First: A Young Man of Twenty Chapter 1 A Suppositious Presentment of Her
• 2: Part First: A Young Man of Twenty Chapter 2 The Incarnation is Assumed to be True
• 3: Part First: A Young Man of Twenty Chapter 3 The Appointment
• 4: Part First: A Young Man of Twenty Chapter 4 A Lonely Pedestrian
• 5: Part First: A Young Man of Twenty Chapter 5 A Charge
• 6: Part First: A Young Man of Twenty Chapter 6 On The Brink
• 7: Part First: A Young Man of Twenty Chapter 7 Her Earlier Incarnations
• 8: Part First: A Young Man of Twenty Chapter 8 Too Like The Lightning
• 9: Part First: A Young Man of Twenty Chapter 9 Familiar Phenomena In the Distance
• 10: Part Second: A Young Man of Forty Chapter 1 The Old Phantom Becomes Distinct
• 11: Part Second: A Young Man of Forty Chapter 2 She Draws Close and Satisfies
• 12: Part Second: A Young Man of Forty Chapter 3 She Becomes an Inaccessible Ghost
• 13: Part Second: A Young Man of Forty Chapter 4 She Threatens to Resume Corporeal Substance
• 14: Part Second: A Young Man of Forty Chapter 5 The Resumption Takes Place
• 15: Part Second: A Young Man of Forty Chapter 6 The Past Shines in the Present
• 16: Part Second: A Young Man of Forty Chapter 7 The New Becomes Established
• 17: Part Second: A Young Man of Forty Chapter 8 His Own Soul Confronts Him
• 18: Part Second: A Young Man of Forty Chapter 9 Juxtapositions
• 19: Part Second: A Young Man of Forty Chapter 10 She Fails to Vanish Still
• 20: Part Second: A Young Man of Forty Chapter 11 The Image Persists
• 21: Part Second: A Young Man of Forty Chapter 12 A Grille Descends Between
• 22: Part Second: A Young Man of Forty Chapter 13 She Is Enshrouded From Sight
• 23: Part Third: A Young Man of Sixty Chapter 1 She Returns For The New Season
• 24: Part Third: A Young Man of Sixty Chapter 2 Misgivings on the Re-embodiment
• 25: Part Third: A Young Man of Sixty Chapter 3 The Renewed Image Burns Itself In
• 26: Part Third: A Young Man of Sixty Chapter 4 A Dash For the Last Incarnation
• 27: Part Third: A Young Man of Sixty Chapter 5 On The Verge of Possession
• 28: Part Third: A Young Man of Sixty Chapter 6 The Well-Beloved Is -- Where?
• 29: Part Third: A Young Man of Sixty Chapter 7 An Old Tabernacle In a New Aspect
• 30: Part Third: A Young Man of Sixty Chapter 8 Alas For This Grey Shadow, Once a Man!