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Peculiar: A Tale of the Great Transition

Peculiar: A Tale of the Great Transition

by Epes Sargent

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Author
Sargent, Epes, 1813-1880
Original Publication
United States: Carleton,1863.
Credits
KD Weeks, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
African Americans -- Fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 67872
Release Date
April 19, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.PECULIAR
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.CHAPTER I. A GLANCE IN THE MIRROR.
  4. 4.CHAPTER II. A MATRIMONIAL BLANK.
  5. 5.CHAPTER III. THE WOLF AND THE LAMB.
  6. 6.CHAPTER IV. A FUGITIVE CHATTEL.
  7. 7.CHAPTER V. A RETROSPECT.
  8. 8.CHAPTER VI. PIN-HOLES IN THE CURTAIN.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VII. AN UNCONSCIOUS HEIRESS.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. A DESCENDANT OF THE CAVALIERS.
  11. 11.CHAPTER IX. THE UPPER AND THE LOWER LAW.
  12. 12.CHAPTER X. GROUPS ON THE DECK.
  13. 13.CHAPTER XI. MR. ONSLOW SPEAKS HIS MIND.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XII. THE STORY OF ESTELLE.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. FIRE UP!
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. WAITING FOR THE SUMMONER.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XV. WHO SHALL BE HEIR?
  18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. THE VENDUE.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. SHALL THERE BE A WEDDING?
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII. THE UNITIES DISREGARDED.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIX. THE WHITE SLAVE.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XX. ENCOUNTERS AT THE ST. CHARLES.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XXI. A MONSTER OF INGRATITUDE.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXII. THE YOUNG LADY WITH A CARPET-BAG.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXIII. WILL YOU WALK INTO MY PARLOR?
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIV. CONFESSIONS OF A MEAN WHITE.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXV. MEETINGS AND PARTINGS.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXVI. CLARA MAKES AN IMPORTANT PURCHASE.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVII. DELIGHT AND DUTY.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVIII. A LETTER OF BUSINESS.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXIX. THE WOMAN WHO DELIBERATES IS LOST.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXX. A FEMININE VAN AMBURGH.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXXI. ONE OF THE INSTITUTIONS.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXII. A DOUBLE VICTORY.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIII. SATAN AMUSES HIMSELF
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIV. LIGHT FROM THE PIT.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXV. THE COMMITTEE ADJOURNS.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVI. THE OCCUPANT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVII. COMPARING NOTES.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE LAWYER AND THE LADY.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXIX. SEEING IS BELIEVING.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XL. THE REMARKABLE MAN AT RICHMOND.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XLI. HOPES AND FEARS.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XLII. HOW IT WAS DONE.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLIII. MAKING THE BEST OF IT.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLIV. A DOMESTIC RECONNOISSANCE.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLV. ANOTHER DESCENDANT OF THE CAVALIERS.
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLVI. THE NIGHT COMETH.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLVII. AN AUTUMNAL VISIT.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLVIII. TIME DISCOVERS AND COVERS.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLIX. EYES TO THE BLIND.

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