Dred
DRED
A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THE MISTRESS OF CANEMA
CHAPTER II. CLAYTON
CHAPTER III. THE CLAYTON FAMILY AND SISTER ANNE
CHAPTER IV. THE GORDON FAMILY
CHAPTER V. HARRY AND HIS WIFE
CHAPTER VI. THE DILEMMA
CHAPTER VII. CONSULTATION
CHAPTER VIII. OLD TIFF
CHAPTER IX. THE DEATH
CHAPTER X. THE PRÈPARATION
CHAPTER XI. THE LOVERS
CHAPTER XII. EXPLANATIONS
CHAPTER XIII. TOM GORDON
CHAPTER XIV. AUNT NESBIT'S LOSS
CHAPTER XV. MR. JEKYL'S OPINIONS
CHAPTER XVI. MILLY'S STORY
CHAPTER XVII. UNCLE JOHN
CHAPTER XVIII. DRED
CHAPTER XIX. THE CONSPIRATORS
CHAPTER XX. SUMMER TALK AT CANEMA
CHAPTER XXI. TIFF'S PREPARATIONS
CHAPTER XXII. THE WORSHIPPERS
CHAPTER XXIII. THE CAMP-MEETING
CHAPTER XXIV. LIFE IN THE SWAMPS
CHAPTER XXV. MORE SUMMER TALK
CHAPTER XXVI. MILLY'S RETURN
CHAPTER XXVII. THE TRIAL
CHAPTER XXVIII. MAGNOLIA GROVE
CHAPTER XXIX. THE TROUBADOUR
CHAPTER XXX. TIFF'S GARDEN
CHAPTER XXXI. THE WARNING
CHAPTER XXXII. THE MORNING STAR
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE LEGAL DECISION
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE CLOUD BURSTS
CHAPTER XXXV. THE VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE EVENING STAR
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE TIE BREAKS
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE PURPOSE
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE NEW MOTHER
CHAPTER XL. THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT
CHAPTER XLI. THE CLERICAL CONFERENCE
CHAPTER XLII. THE RESULT
CHAPTER XLIII. THE SLAVE'S ARGUMENT
CHAPTER XLIV. THE DESERT
CHAPTER XLV. JEGAR SAHADUTHA
CHAPTER XLVI. FRANK RUSSEL'S OPINIONS
CHAPTER XLVII. TOM GORDON'S PLANS
CHAPTER XLVIII. LYNCH LAW
CHAPTER XLIX. MORE VIOLENCE
CHAPTER L. ENGEDI
CHAPTER LI. THE SLAVE HUNT
CHAPTER LII. "ALL OVER"
CHAPTER LIII. THE BURIAL
CHAPTER LIV. THE ESCAPE
CHAPTER LV. LYNCH LAW AGAIN
CHAPTER LVI. FLIGHT
CHAPTER LVII. CLEAR SHINING AFTER RAIN
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PREFACE
THE writer of this book has chosen, once more, a subject from the scenes and incidents of the slave-holding states.
The reason for such a choice is two-fold. First, in a merely artistic point of view, there is no ground, ancient or modern, whose vivid lights, gloomy shadows, and grotesque groupings, afford to the novelist so wide a scope for the exercise of his powers. In the near vicinity of modern civilization of the most matter-of-fact kind exist institutions which carry us back to the twilight of the feudal ages, with all their exciting possibilities of incident. Two nations, the types of two exactly opposite styles of existence, are here struggling; and from the intermingling of these two a third race has arisen, and the three are interlocked in wild and singular relations, that evolve every possible combination of romance.
Hence, if the writer's only object had been the production of a work of art, she would have felt justified in not turning aside from that mine whose inexhaustible stores have but begun to be developed.