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