Miss Ravenel's Conversion
by John William De Forest
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About this eBook
- Author
- De Forest, John William, 1826-1906
- Title
- Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty
- Credits
- Produced by Mark C. Orton, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
- Subject
- Women -- United States -- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 41355
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41355
- Release Date
- November 12, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MISS RAVENEL'S CONVERSION FROM SECESSION TO LOYALTY. By J. W. DE FOREST,
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.CHAPTER I. MR. EDWARD COLBURNE BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH MISS LILLIE RAVENEL.
- 4.CHAPTER II. MISS RAVENEL BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CARTER.
- 5.CHAPTER III. MR. COLBURNE TAKES A SEGAR WITH LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CARTER.
- 6.CHAPTER IV. THE DRAMATIC PERSONAGES GO ON A PIC-NIC, AND STUDY THE WAYS OF NEW BOSTON.
- 7.CHAPTER V. THE DRAMATIC PERSONAGES GET NEWS FROM BULL RUN.
- 8.CHAPTER VI. MR. COLBURNE SEES HIS WAY CLEAR TO BE A SOLDIER.
- 9.CHAPTER VII. CAPTAIN COLBURNE RAISES A COMPANY, AND COLONEL CARTER A REGIMENT.
- 10.CHAPTER VIII. THE BRAVE BID GOOD-BYE TO THE FAIR.
- 11.CHAPTER IX. FROM NEW BOSTON TO NEW ORLEANS, VIA FORT JACKSON.
- 12.CHAPTER X. THE RAVENELS FIND CAPTAIN COLBURNE IN GOOD QUARTERS.
- 13.CHAPTER XI. NEW ORLEANS LIFE AND NEW ORLEANS LADIES.
- 14.CHAPTER XII. COLONEL CARTER BEFRIENDS THE RAVENELS.
- 15.CHAPTER XIII. THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE BEGINS TO RUN ROUGH.
- 16.CHAPTER XIV. LILLIE CHOOSES FOR HERSELF.
- 17.CHAPTER XV. LILLIE BIDS GOOD-BYE TO THE LOVER WHOM SHE HAS CHOSEN, AND TO THE LOVER WHOM SHE WOULD NOT CHOOSE.
- 18.CHAPTER XVI. COLONEL CARTER GAINS ONE VICTORY, AND MISS RAVENEL ANOTHER.
- 19.CHAPTER XVII. COLONEL CARTER IS ENTIRELY VICTORIOUS BEFORE HE BEGINS HIS CAMPAIGN.
- 20.CHAPTER XVIII. DOCTOR RAVENEL COMMENCES THE ORGANIZATION OF SOUTHERN LABOR.
- 21.CHAPTER XIX. THE REORGANIZATION OF SOUTHERN LABOR IS CONTINUED WITH VIGOR.
- 22.CHAPTER XX. CAPTAIN COLBURNE MARCHES AND FIGHTS WITH CREDIT.
- 23.CHAPTER XXI. CAPTAIN COLBURNE HAS OCCASION TO SEE LIFE IN A HOSPITAL.
- 24.CHAPTER XXII. CAPTAIN COLBURNE REINFORCES THE RAVENELS IN TIME TO AID THEM IN RUNNING AWAY.
- 25.CHAPTER XXIII. CAPTAIN COLBURNE COVERS THE RETREAT OF THE SOUTHERN LABOR ORGANIZATION.
- 26.CHAPTER XXIV. A DESPERATE ATTACK AND A SUCCESSFUL DEFENCE.
- 27.CHAPTER XXV. DOMESTIC HAPPINESS, IN SPITE OF ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES.
- 28.CHAPTER XXVI. CAPTAIN COLBURNE DESCRIBES CAMP AND FIELD LIFE.
- 29.CHAPTER XXVII. COLONEL CARTER MAKES AN ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION WITH A DANGEROUS FELLOW TRAVELLER.
- 30.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE COLONEL CONTINUES TO BE LED INTO TEMPTATION.
- 31.CHAPTER XXIX. LILLIE REACHES THE APOTHEOSIS OF WOMANHOOD.
- 32.CHAPTER XXX. COLONEL CARTER COMMITS HIS FIRST UNGENTLEMANLY ACTION.
- 33.CHAPTER XXXI. A TORTURE WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN SPARED.
- 34.CHAPTER XXXII. A MOST LOGICAL CONCLUSION.
- 35.CHAPTER XXXIII. LILLIE DEVOTES HERSELF ENTIRELY TO THE RISING GENERATION.
- 36.CHAPTER XXXIV. LILLIE'S ATTENTION IS RECALLED TO THE RISING GENERATION.
- 37.CHAPTER XXXV. CAPTAIN COLBURNE AS MR. COLBURNE.
- 38.CHAPTER XXXVI. A BRACE OF OFFERS.
- 39.CHAPTER XXXVII. A MARRIAGE.
- 40.ADVERTISEMENTS
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