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Red Rock

Thomas Nelson Page · 1898

Original text in English.

A generation after Reconstruction, the white South imposes on the rest of the country its version of those years, that of a dispossession suffered. This novel is one of its pieces.

Novel · 49 parts · about 192 000 words · about 13 h 56 of reading

Contents

1. Ouverture1 min
2. PREFACE4 min
3. IIN WHICH THERE ARE SEVERAL INTRODUCTIONS15 min
4. IIIN WHICH TWO STRANGERS VISIT RED ROCK AND ARE INVITED TO COME AGAIN32 min
5. IIITHE VISITORS START SOUTH AGAIN; AND THEIR FORMER HOSTS GO TO MEET THEM22 min
6. IVIN WHICH A LONG JUMP IS TAKEN10 min
7. VDR. CARY RETURNS FROM THE WAR, AND TAKES AN INVENTORY OF STOCK10 min
8. VIA BROKEN SOLDIER COMES HOME FROM WAR21 min
9. VIITHE CARY CONFERENCE11 min
10. VIIIMR. HIRAM STILL TELLS HOW TO BRIDLE A SHY HORSE, AND CAPTAIN ALLEN LAYS DOWN HIS HOE14 min
11. IXMR. JONADAB LEECH TURNS UP WITH A CARPET-BAG AND OPENS HIS BUREAU16 min
12. XTHE PROVOST MAKES HIS FIRST MOVE15 min
13. XITHE PROVOST CATCHES A TARTAR, AND CAPTAIN MIDDLETON SEEKS THE CONSOLATIONS OF RELIGION30 min
14. XIICAPTAIN ALLEN TAKES THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE AND JACQUELIN GRAY LOSES HIS BUTTONS AND SOME OLD PAPERS22 min
15. XIIISTEVE ALLEN LEARNS MISS THOMASIA’S SECRET AND FORSWEARS CARDS10 min
16. XIVLEECH SECURES AN ORDER AND LOSES IT19 min
17. XVCAPTAIN MIDDLETON HAS A TEST OF PEACE, AND IS ORDERED WEST16 min
18. XVITHE NEW TROOP MEETS THE ENEMY13 min
19. XVIIJACQUELIN GRAY GOES ON A LONG VOYAGE AND RED ROCK PASSES OUT OF HIS HANDS17 min
20. XVIIILEECH AS A STATESMAN AND DR. CARY AS A COLLECTOR OF BILLS12 min
21. XIXHIRAM STILL COLLECTS HIS DEBTS18 min
22. XXLEECH LOOKS HIGHER AND GETS A FALL19 min
23. XXIDR. CARY MEETS AN OLD COLLEGE MATE AND LEARNS THAT THE ATHENIANS ALSO PRACTISE HOSPITALITY15 min
24. XXIIJACQUELIN GRAY COMES HOME AND CLAIMS A GRAVEYARD17 min
25. XXIIITWO NEW RESIDENTS COME TO THE COUNTY22 min
26. XXIVTHE TRAVELLERS ARE ENTERTAINED IN A FARM-HOUSE13 min
27. XXVTHE TRICK-DOCTOR7 min
28. XXVIMAJOR WELCH AND RUTH BECOME RESIDENTS10 min
29. XXVIIHIRAM STILL GETS A LEGAL OPINION AND CAPTAIN ALLEN CLIMBS FOR CHERRIES27 min
30. XXVIIIMRS. WELCH ARRIVES AND GIVES HER FIRST LESSON IN ENTERPRISE14 min
31. XXIXMRS. WELCH ENTERS THE HARVEST25 min
32. XXXSOME OF THE GRAIN MRS. WELCH REAPED26 min
33. XXXIJACQUELIN GRAY LEARNS THAT HE IS A FOOL, AND STEVE ASTONISHES MAJOR WELCH28 min
34. XXXIIA CUT DIRECT AND A REJECTED ADDRESS19 min
35. XXXIIIBLAIR CARY SAVES A RIVAL SCHOOL17 min
36. XXXIVLEECH AND STILL MAKE A MOVE, AND TWO WOMEN CHECK THEM17 min
37. XXXVCAPTAIN ALLEN FINDS RUPERT AND BREAKS THE LAW19 min
38. XXXVIMR. STILL OFFERS A COMPROMISE, AND A BLUFF27 min
39. XXXVIIIN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT, IN A TRIAL, COUNSEL MAY ASK ONE QUESTION TOO MANY24 min
40. XXXVIIIIN WHICH MR. LEECH SPRINGS A TRAP WITH MUCH SUCCESS42 min
41. XXXIXCAPTAIN ALLEN CLAIMS THE REWARD LEECH OFFERED17 min
42. XLJACQUELIN GRAY AND ANDY STAMPER PAY AN OLD DEBT13 min
43. XLIDR. CARY WRITES A LETTER TO AN OLD FRIEND9 min
44. XLIICAPTAIN ALLEN SURRENDERS15 min
45. XLIIIMISS WELCH HEARS A PIECE OF NEWS8 min
46. XLIVMIDDLETON REVISITS RED ROCK, AND AN OLD SOLDIER LAYS DOWN HIS ARMS21 min
47. XLVCAPTAIN ALLEN HAS AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR19 min
48. XLVITHE OLD LAWYER DECLINES TO SURPRISE THE COURT, AND SURPRISES LEECH9 min
49. XLVIISOME OF THE THREADS ARE TIED8 min

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