Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky

Name: Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky
Author: William Gilmore Simms

by William Gilmore Simms

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CHARLEMONT
OR,
THE PRIDE OF THE VILLAGE A TALE OF KENTUCKY. By W. Gilmore Simms
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CHAPTER I. — THE SCENE.
CHAPTER II. — THE TRAVELLERS.
CHAPTER III. — THE STRONG-MINDED WOMAN.
CHAPTER IV. — SIMPLICITY AND THE SERPENT.
CHAPTER V. — THE SERPENT IN THE GARDEN.
CHAPTER VI. — THE TOAD ON THE ALTAR.
CHAPTER VII. — THE GOOD YOUNG MAN IN MEDITATION.
CHAPTER VIII. — PAROCHIAL PERFORMANCES.
CHAPTER IX. — HOW THE TOAD GRINS UPON THE ALTAR.
CHAPTER X. — THE MOTHER'S GRIEFS.
CHAPTER XI. — WRESTLING.
CHAPTER XII. — THE MASTER AND HIS PUPILS.
CHAPTER XIII. — THE HISTORY OF A FAILURE.
CHAPTER XIV. — THE ENTHUSIAST.
CHAPTER XV. — A CATASTROPHE.
CHAPTER XVI. — SOUSING A GURNET.
CHAPTER XVII. — PHILOSOPHY OP FIGHTING.
CHAPTER XVIII. — TRAILING THE FOX. —
CHAPTER XIX. — THE DOOM.
CHAPTER XX. — BLOWS—A CRISIS.
CHAPTER XXI. — CHALLENGE.
CHAPTER XXII. — FOOT TO FOOT.
CHAPTER XXIII. — UNEXPECTED ISSUES.
CHAPTER XXIV. — EXILE.
CHAPTER XXV. — CONQUEST.
CHAPTER XXVI. — FALL.
CHAPTER XXVII. — THE BIRTH OF THE AGONY.
CHAPTER XXVIII. — STRENGTH AFTER FALL.
CHAPTER XXIX. — BULL-PUPS IN TRAINING.
CHAPTER XXX. — THE FOX IN THE TRAP.
CHAPTER XXXI. — “ABSQUATULATING.”
CHAPTER XXXII. — THE REVELATION.
CHAPTER XXXIII. — STORM AND CONVULSION.
CHAPTER XXXIV. — THE FATES FIND THE DAGGER AND THE BOWL.
CHAPTER XXXV. — FOLDING THE ROBES ABOUT HER.
CHAPTER XXXVI. — SUSPENSE AND AGONY.
CHAPTER XXXVII. — SHAME AND DEATH—THE OATH.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. — THE PALL UPON THE COFFIN.

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