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Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp

Harriet Beecher Stowe

The story follows Nina Gordon, a young plantation heiress, and the enslaved people on her failing estate, including her capable administrator Harry and the devout Milly.

"Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a novel. The story follows Nina Gordon, a young plantation heiress, and the enslaved people on her failing estate, including her capable administrator Harry and the devout Milly.

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"Bills, Harry?—Yes.—Dear me, where are they?—There!—No. Here?—Oh, look!—What do you think of this scarf? Isn't it lovely?"

"Oh, those bills!—Yes—well, here goes—here—perhaps in this box. No—that's my opera-hat. By the bye, what do you think of that? Isn't that bunch of silver wheat lovely? Stop a bit—you shall see it on me."

And, with these words, the slight little figure sprang up as if it had wings, and, humming a waltzing-tune, skimmed across the room to a looking-glass, and placed the jaunty little cap on the gay little head, and then, turning a pirouette on one toe, said, "There, now!"

"There, now!" Ah, Harry! ah, mankind generally! the wisest of you have been made fools of by just such dancing, glittering, fluttering little assortments of curls, pendants, streamers, eyes, cheeks, and dimples!

Contents

  1. 01Chapter I. The Mistress of Canema.
  2. 02Chapter II. Clayton.
  3. 03Chapter III. The Clayton Family and Sister Anne.
  4. 04Chapter IV. The Gordon Family.
  5. 05Chapter V. Harry and His Wife.
  6. 06Chapter VI. The Dilemma.
  7. 07Chapter VII. Consultation.
  8. 08Chapter VIII. Old Tiff.
  9. 09Chapter IX. The Death.
  10. 10Chapter X. The Preparation.
  11. 11Chapter XI. The Lovers.
  12. 12Chapter XII. Explanations.
  13. 13Chapter XIII. Tom Gordon.
  14. 14Chapter XIV. Aunt Nesbit's Loss.
  15. 15Chapter XV. Mr. Jekyl's Opinions.
  16. 16Chapter XVI. Milly's Story.
  17. 17Chapter XVII. Uncle John.
  18. 18Chapter XVIII. Dred.
  19. 19Chapter XIX. The Conspirators.
  20. 20Chapter XX. Summer Talk at Canema.
  21. 21Chapter XXI. Tiff's Preparations.
  22. 22Chapter XXII. The Worshippers.
  23. 23Chapter XXIII. The Camp-Meeting.
  24. 24Chapter XXIV. Life in the Swamps.
  25. 25Chapter XXV. More Summer Talk.
  26. 26Chapter XXVI. Milly's Return.
  27. 27Chapter XXVII. The Trial.
  28. 28Chapter XXVIII. Magnolia Grove.
  29. 29Chapter XXIX. The Troubadour.
  30. 30Chapter XXX. Tiff's Garden.
  31. 31Chapter XXXI. The Warning.
  32. 32Chapter XXXII. The Morning Star.
  33. 33Chapter XXXIII. The Legal Decision.
  34. 34Chapter XXXIV. The Cloud Bursts.
  35. 35Chapter XXXV. The Voice in the Wilderness.
  36. 36Chapter XXXVI. The Evening Star.
  37. 37Chapter XXXVII. The Tie Breaks.
  38. 38Chapter XXXVIII. The Purpose.
  39. 39Chapter XXXIX. The New Mother.
  40. 40Chapter XL. The Flight Into Egypt.
  41. 41Chapter XLI. The Clerical Conference.
  42. 42Chapter XLII. The Result.
  43. 43Chapter XLIII. The Slave's Argument.
  44. 44Chapter XLIV. The Desert.
  45. 45Chapter XLV. Jegar Sahadutha.
  46. 46Chapter XLVI. Frank Russel's Opinions.
  47. 47Chapter XLVII. Tom Gordon's Plans.
  48. 48Chapter XLVIII. Lynch Law.
  49. 49Chapter XLIX. More Violence.
  50. 50Chapter L. Engedi.
  51. 51Chapter LI. The Slave Hunt.
  52. 52Chapter LII. "All Over."
  53. 53Chapter LIII. The Burial.
  54. 54Chapter LIV. The Escape.
  55. 55Chapter LV. Lynch Law Again.
  56. 56Chapter LVI. Flight.
  57. 57Chapter LVII. Clear Shining After Rain.
  58. 58Appendix I.
  59. 59Appendix II.
  60. 60Appendix III.

About this edition

Author
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
682 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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