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The Cromptons
The story centers around themes of social class, race, and the complexities of human relationships, particularly focusing on a stranger from the North who arrives in the South and his interactions with Eudora, a young woman living in a palmetto clearing.
"The Cromptons" by Mary Jane Holmes is a novel. The story centers around themes of social class, race, and the complexities of human relationships, particularly focusing on a stranger from the North who arrives in the South and his interactions with Eudora, a young woman living in a palmetto clearing.
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The steamer "Hatty" which plied between Jacksonville and Enterprise was late, and the people who had come down from the Brock House to the landing had waited half an hour before a puff of smoke in the distance told that she was coming. There had been many conjectures as to the cause of the delay, for she was usually on time, and those who had friends on the boat were growing nervous, fearing an accident, and all were getting tired, when she appeared in the distance, the puffs of smoke increasing in volume as she drew nearer, and the sound of her whistle echoing across the water, which at Enterprise spreads out into a lake. She had not met with an accident, but had been detained at Palatka waiting for a passenger of whom the captain had been apprised.
Contents
- 01Part I
- 02Chapter I the Stranger at the Brock House
- 03Chapter II the Palmetto Clearing
- 04Chapter III the Interview
- 05Chapter IV Hoping and Waiting
- 06Chapter V Miss Dory
- 07Chapter VI the Services
- 08Chapter VII Col. Crompton
- 09Chapter VIII the Child of the Clearing
- 10Chapter IX the Colonel and Jake
- 11Chapter X Eudora
- 12Part II
- 13Chapter I Howard Crompton to Jack Harcourt
- 14Chapter II Jack Harcourt to Howard Crompton
- 15Chapter III Eloise
- 16Chapter IV the Accident
- 17Chapter V Amy
- 18Chapter VI at Mrs. Biggs's
- 19Chapter VII Ruby Ann Patrick
- 20Chapter VIII Mrs. Biggs's Reminiscences
- 21Chapter IX Letter from Rev. Charles Mason
- 22Chapter X Part Second of Rev. Mr. Mason's Letter
- 23Chapter XI Sunday Calls
- 24Chapter XII the March of Events
- 25Chapter XIII Getting Ready for the Rummage Sale
- 26Chapter XIV the First Sale
- 27Chapter XV at the Rummage
- 28Chapter XVI the Auction
- 29Part III
- 30Chapter I the Beginning of the End
- 31Chapter II the Little Red Cloak
- 32Chapter III Eloise at the Crompton House
- 33Chapter IV the Shadow of Death
- 34Chapter V Looking for a Will
- 35Chapter VI in Florida
- 36Chapter VII in the Palmetto Clearing
- 37Chapter VIII the Little Hair Trunk
- 38Chapter IX What Howard Found
- 39Chapter X Howard's Temptation
- 40Chapter XI Conclusion
About this edition
- Author
- Mary Jane Holmes
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 289 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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