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An Entirely New Feature of a Thrilling Novel! Entitled, The Social War of the year 1900; or, The Conspirators and Lovers!

An Entirely New Feature of a Thrilling Novel! Entitled, The Social War of the year 1900; or, The Conspirators and Lovers!

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Number of Chapters: 102

Length: 15 hours and 20 minutes

Language: English

Described by io9.com contributor Jess Nevins as “the worst science fiction novel of the 19th century,” The Social War of 1900, or The Conspirators and Lovers! has become infamous for its overwrought prose, flimsy characterizations, ludicrous plotting, and repugnant ideas. For these same reasons, the book has gained infamy as a cultural oddity, a guilty pleasure, and a somewhat over-imaginative work of outsider art.

The Social War of 1900 follows the adventures of Dr. Victor Juno, a Naturalist who heals sickness through animal magnetism, and his sweetheart Lucinda. Juno, the leader of a secret paramilitary society, wages a revolutionary war against an American society steeped in sin and avarice—and, in particular, against a villainous triumvirate known as “The Bloody Conspirators.” But will his revolution succeed? And if so, what form will his idealized utopia finally take?
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Preface (Mark Nelson)
Chapter I: The Hero Rescues the Heroine (Mark Nelson)
Chapter II: The Solemn Oath of the Conspirators (Mark Nelson)
Chapter III: Deacon Stew Raves at Lucinda’s Love for Victor (Mark Nelson)
Chapter IV: Pat O’Conner Blarneys the Deacon (Mark Nelson)
Chapter V: The Bloody Conspirators Poison Victor Juno (Mark Nelson)
Chapter VI: The Serpent at Lucinda’s Bedside (Mark Nelson)
Chapter VII: Nancy Clover, Failing to Captivate General Armington, Becomes Revengeful (Mark Nelson)
Chapter VIII: Lucinda, in Disguise, Saves Victor’s Life (Kalynda)
Chapter IX: Victor and Lucinda Betrothed (Kalynda)
Chapter X: Foul Conniving of the Bloody Conspirators (Kalynda)
Chapter XI: Shrewd Expose of Cosmopolitan Rascality (Phil Chenevert)
Chapter XII: Victor Juno’s Scathing Sermon in the Theatre (TriciaG)
Chapter XIII: Lucinda Abducted and Imprisoned (TriciaG)
Chapter XIV: Victor Abducted and Imprisoned (TriciaG)
Chapter XV: Reported Elopement and Seduction of Lucinda and Victor (TriciaG)
Chapter XVI: Lucinda’s Thrilling Prayer and Lamentations in Prison (TriciaG)
Chapter XVII: General Armington Searching for His Seduced Daughter in Europe (TriciaG)
Chapter XVIII: Jemmy Discovers Victor and Lucinda (TriciaG)
Chapter XIX: Deacon Stew Threatens to Shoot Jemmy (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XX: Lucinda Nearly Murders the Deacon in Her Cell (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XXI: Victor’s Vision, in a Dream, in His Dungeon (whdemick)
Chapter XXII: Victor’s Struggle with the Night Watchman (John)
Chapter XXIII: Thrilling Prison Scene Between Lucinda and Deacon Stew (John)
Chapter XXIV: Dr. Victor Juno’s Escape from His Dungeon (John)
Chapter XXV: Dr. Juno Locked Out of Concert Hall, Which Caused a Riot (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XXVI: Thrilling and Demoniacal Plotting of the Conspirators (ToddHW)
Chapter XXVII: General Armington Turns Insane (ToddHW)
Chapter XXVIII: Doctor Juno Arrested in His Pulpit for Selling ''Obscene'' Books (TriciaG)
Chapter XXIX: The Insane General Armington Nearly Murders the Physician-in-Chief (TriciaG)
Chapter XXX: Harry Gossimer Condemned to Death (TriciaG)
Chapter XXXI: Harry Gossimer’s Heroic and Thrilling Speech Before They Drown Him (John)
Chapter XXXII: Dr. Juno Convicted, Imprisoned and Attempts Made to Poison Him (Lisa Reichert)
Chapter XXXIII: Doctor Juno’s First Sharp-Shooting Sermon on Ministers and Doctors (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XXXIV: Pat O’Conner Saves Harry Gossimer From Drowning, But are Both Arrested (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XXXV: Dr. Juno’s Second Startling Sermon on Doctors and Ministers (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XXXVI: The Bloody Conspirators in Fear, and Fight Amongst Themselves (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XXXVII: Dr. Juno Again in the Insane Asylum (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XXXVIII: Deacon Stew Frantic with Delirium (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XXXIX: Nancy Clover Makes a Master Speech to the Conspirators (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XL: Dr. Juno, Pat O’Conner and Judy M’Crea in Private Council (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XLI: Juno’s Stunning Sermon on the Improvement of Church and State (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XLII: Dr. Juno’s Scathing Sermon Continued (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XLIII: The Blood Conspirators Mobbed (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XLIV: Dr. Juno Informed Where Lucinda is Imprisoned (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XLV: Juno Organizes the ''Secret Order of Naturalists'' (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XLVI: Lucinda Shoots Deacon Stew in Her Cell, and Escapes (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XLVII: Lucinda is Re-Arrested Before She Escapes (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XLVIII: The Bloody Conspirators in Terrible Fear of Dr. Juno (Meg Turecek)
Chapter XLIX: Lucinda Doffs The Deacon’s Clothes, and Threatens to Shoot the Conspirators (Meg Turecek)
Chapter L: The Leading Bloody Conspirators at Logger-Heads (Jason in Panama)
Chapter LI: Nancy Clover Lecturing Deacon Stew (Meg Turecek)
Chapter LII: Lucinda Bites Deacon Stew’s Ear Nearly Off (Meg Turecek)
Chapter LIII: Dr. Juno’s Stirring Speech to the ''Secret Order of Naturalists'' (Meg Turecek)
Chapter LIV: Dr. Juno Mobs the Insane Asylum and Frees Lucinda (Meg Turecek)
Chapter LV: Meeting of Victor and Lucinda in Her Cell (Meg Turecek)
Chapter LVI: Dr. Juno Offers Amnesty to the Conspirators (Pat Navarre)
Chapter LVII: Lucinda Free and At Her Own Home Again (Pat Navarre)
Chapter LVIII: Pathetic Interview Between Lucinda and Victor (Pat Navarre)
Chapter LIX: Doctor Juno Performs a Serious Operation on Deacon Stew (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LX: The Bloody Conspirators Bothered and Arrested (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXI: Love Scene Between Victor and Lucinda (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXII: The Fight Between the Naturalists and Conspirators (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXIII: Dr. Juno’s Conciliatory and Black Flag Speech to the Conspirators (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXIV: Conference Between Dr. Juno and Conspirators (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXV: A Pleasing Interview Between Victor and Lucinda (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXVI: Victor and Lucinda Visit and Restore General Armington (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXVII: Doctor Juno’s Plans Laid Before the ''Secret Order of Naturalists'' (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXVIII: Efforts to Arrest Dr. Juno for Riot and Murder (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXIX: Desperate Efforts of Deacon Stew and Nancy Clover (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXX: What the Newspapers Said of the Riot (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXI: The Editors of the Conspirators’ Newspapers Receive Documents Asking Them to Leave the Country (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXII: Futile Efforts to Arrest Dr. Juno—His Wedding Instead (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXIII: Night of the Wedding—Dr. Juno Shot (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXIV: All the Guests Examined and the Assassin Detected (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXV: The Attempted Assassination of Dr. Juno, by Nancy Clover, Caused a Terrible Public Wrath (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXVI: Dr. Juno and Lucinda Armington Making Love (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXVII: Congress Mobbed for Recognizing God in the Constitution (Pat Navarre)
Chapter LXXVIII: Dr. Juno’s First Great War Proclamation (Pat Navarre)
Chapter LXXIX: Dr. Juno’s Terrible Army Orders (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXX: Retaliatory Measures of the Conspirators’ Army (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXXI: Captured Conspirators Shot Dead (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXXII: The Religious Conspirators Dumbfounded (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXXIII: Dr. Juno Writes to His Lucinda (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXXIV: The Fear and Distress of the Conspirators (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXXV: Terrible Battle Fought—Doctor Juno Shot and Lost (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXXVI: Miss Armington Takes the Field When She Finds that Dr. Juno is Gone (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXXVII: The Trial by Court Martial of Dr. Juno (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXXVIII: The Court Martial Tries Juno (Mark Nelson)
Chapter LXXXIX: Hon. Bluster Gibbons’ Speech Before the Court Martial (Mark Nelson)
Chapter XC: Dr. Juno’s Great, Defiant Defense (TriciaG)
Chapter XCI: The Verdict and Its Effect (TriciaG)
Chapter XCII: The Shooting of Dr. Juno and the Last Battle (TriciaG)
Chapter XCIII: Pathetic Meeting of Victor and Lucinda After the Battle (TriciaG)
Chapter XCIV: Dr. Juno’s Astounding Peace Proclamation (TriciaG)
Chapter XCV: Dr. Juno with His Picked Soldiers Brands His Pharisees (TriciaG)
Chapter XCVI: Disposal of Nancy Clover and Company, and Preparation for the Marriage of Victor and Lucinda (TriciaG)
Chapter XVCII: The Wedding (TriciaG)
Chapter XVCIII: Famine and Pestilence Come to the Aid of the Naturalists (TriciaG)
Chapter XCIX: The New Constitution (TriciaG)
Chapter C: Dawn of the Millennium (TriciaG)
Moral (Jason in Panama)
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