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The Hoosier School-Master

Edward Eggleston · 1871

Original text in English. In English: The Hoosier Schoolmaster.

In the aftermath of the Civil War, this novel transcribes, even in its spelling, the Hoosier speech of a remote district of Indiana.

Novel · 37 parts · about 58 000 words · about 4 h 12 of reading

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Contents

  1. Ouverture1 min
  2. PREFACE TO THE LIBRARY EDITION22 min
  3. PART OF THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION2 min
  4. IA PRIVATE LESSON FROM A BULLDOG16 min
  5. IIA SPELL COMING5 min
  6. IIIMIRANDY, HANK, AND SHOCKY13 min
  7. IVSPELLING DOWN THE MASTER20 min
  8. VTHE WALK HOME7 min
  9. VIA NIGHT AT PETE JONES'S8 min
  10. VIIOMINOUS REMARKS OF MR. JONES3 min
  11. VIIITHE STRUGGLE IN THE DARK4 min
  12. IXHAS GOD FORGOTTEN SHOCKY?4 min
  13. XTHE DEVIL OF SILENCE6 min
  14. XIMISS MARTHA HAWKINS8 min
  15. XIITHE HARDSHELL PREACHER10 min
  16. XIIIA STRUGGLE FOR THE MASTERY6 min
  17. XIVA CRISIS WITH BUD6 min
  18. XVTHE CHURCH OF THE BEST LICKS6 min
  19. XVITHE CHURCH MILITANT6 min
  20. XVIIA COUNCIL OF WAR6 min
  21. XVIIIODDS AND ENDS4 min
  22. XIXFACE TO FACE4 min
  23. XXGOD REMEMBERS SHOCKY7 min
  24. XXIMISS NANCY SAWYER2 min
  25. XXIIPANCAKES7 min
  26. XXIIIA CHARITABLE INSTITUTION8 min
  27. XXIVTHE GOOD SAMARITAN3 min
  28. XXVBUD WOOING4 min
  29. XXVIA LETTER AND ITS CONSEQUENCES3 min
  30. XXVIIA LOSS AND A GAIN3 min
  31. XXVIIITHE FLIGHT6 min
  32. XXIXTHE TRIAL14 min
  33. XXX"BROTHER SODOM."4 min
  34. XXXITHE TRIAL CONCLUDED14 min
  35. XXXIIAFTER THE BATTLE4 min
  36. XXXIIIINTO THE LIGHT4 min
  37. XXXIV"HOW IT CAME OUT"3 min

About this text

Edward Eggleston († 1902): public-domain work. The text is that of the Project Gutenberg e-book (no. 15099). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.

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