The Malady of the Century

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Malady of the Century, by Max Nordau This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Malady of the Century Author: Max Nordau Posting Date: July 23, 2009 [EBook #4231] Release Date: July, 2003 First Posted: December 12, 2001 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MALADY OF THE CENTURY *** Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. THE MALADY OF THE CENTURY BY MAX NORDAU Author of "THE COMEDY OF SENTIMENT," "HOW WOMEN LOVE," Etc., Etc. CONTENTS. I. Mountain and Forest II. Vanity of Vanities III. Heroes IV. It was not to be V. A Lay Sermon VI. An Idyll VII. Symposium VIII. Dark Days IX. Results X. A Seaside Romance XI. In the Horselberg XII. Tannhauser's Plight XIII. Consummation XIV. Uden Horizo THE MALADY OF THE CENTURY CHAPTER I. MOUNTAIN AND FOREST. "Come, you fellows, that's enough joking. This defection of yours, melancholy Eynhardt, combines obstinacy with wisdom, like Balaam's ass! Well! may you rest in peace. And now let us be off.