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The Broken RoadA. E. W. Mason

The Broken Road

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Original author: A. E. W. Mason

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"The Broken Road" by A. E. W. Mason is a novel published in 1907, set in India during British rule. When a strategic road project sparks local resistance and bloodshed, young Dick Linforth grows up determined to complete his father's unfinished work. His childhood friendship with an Indian prince, educated in England alongside him, seems promising—until both men fall for the same woman and political tensions force the prince to choose between two worlds. Mason's story of ambition, loyalty, and colonial conflict exposed injustices that prompted real governmental reform.

The Broken Road, by A. E. W. Mason. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #10755.

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36 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: The Breaking of the Road1,521 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: Inside the Fort2,965 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: Linforth's Death2,192 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: Luffe Looks Forward3,082 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: A Magazine Article3,171 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: A Long Walk1,092 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: In the Dauphiné3,747 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: A String of Pearls2,063 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: Luffe Is Remembered2,822 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: An Unanswered Question2,346 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: At the Gate of Lahore3,556 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: On the Polo-Ground1,334 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII: The Invidious Bar2,838 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV: In the Courtyard2,784 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV: A Question Answered1,346 words
  16. 16.Chapter XVI: Shere Ali Meets an Old Friend4,591 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVII: News From Mecca3,670 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVIII: Sybil Linforth's Loyalty2,039 words
  1. 19.Chapter XIX: A Gift Misunderstood5,345 words
  2. 20.Chapter XX: The Soldier and the Jew2,859 words
  3. 21.Chapter XXI: Shere Ali Is Claimed by Chiltistan1,164 words
  4. 22.Chapter XXII: The Casting of the Die3,270 words
  5. 23.Chapter XXIII: Shere Ali's Pilgrimage4,704 words
  6. 24.Chapter XXIV: News From Ajmere1,385 words
  7. 25.Chapter XXV: In the Rose Garden2,704 words
  8. 26.Chapter XXVI: The Breaking of the Pitcher3,841 words
  9. 27.Chapter XXVII: An Arrested Confession2,480 words
  10. 28.Chapter XXVIII: The Thief1,958 words
  11. 29.Chapter XXIX: Mrs. Oliver Rides Through Peshawur2,449 words
  12. 30.Chapter XXX: The Needed Implement2,154 words
  13. 31.Chapter XXXI: An Old Tomb and a New Shrine3,250 words
  14. 32.Chapter XXXII: Surprises for Captain Phillips1,734 words
  15. 33.Chapter XXXIII: In the Residency1,886 words
  16. 34.Chapter XXXIV: One of the Little Wars1,986 words
  17. 35.Chapter XXXV: A Letter From Violet1,848 words
  18. 36.Chapter XXXVI: "the Little Less--"2,847 words