The Marrow of Tradition
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About This Book
The Marrow of Tradition (1901) is a historical novel by the African-American author Charles Chesnutt, set at the time and portraying a fictional account of the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Plot summary--Set in the fictional town of Wellington, The Marrow of Tradition features several interweaving plots that encompass the poles of the racially segregated society of the American South at the turn of the century. One plot follows Major Carteret, the white owner of the major Wellington newspaper, as he colludes with several other powerful white men to take politic...
Chapters (74)
- CONTENTS
- I
- AT BREAK OF DAY
- II
- THE CHRISTENING PARTY
- III
- THE EDITOR AT WORK
- IV
- THEODORE FELIX
- V
- A JOURNEY SOUTHWARD
- VI
- JANET
- VII
- THE OPERATION
- VIII
- THE CAMPAIGN DRAGS
- IX
- A WHITE MAN'S "NIGGER"
- X
- DELAMERE PLAYS A TRUMP
- XI
- THE BABY AND THE BIRD
- XII
- ANOTHER SOUTHERN PRODUCT
- XIII
- THE CAKEWALK
- XIV
- THE MAUNDERINGS OF OLD MRS. OCHILTREE
- XV
- MRS. CARTERET SEEKS AN EXPLANATION
- XVI
- ELLIS TAKES A TRICK
- XVII
- XVIII
- SANDY SEES HIS OWN HA'NT
- XIX
- A MIDNIGHT WALK
- XX
- A SHOCKING CRIME
- XXI
- THE NECESSITY OF AN EXAMPLE
- XXII
- HOW NOT TO PREVENT A LYNCHING
- XXIII
- BELLEVIEW
- XXIV
- TWO SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN
- XXV
- THE HONOR OF A FAMILY
- XXVI
- THE DISCOMFORT OF ELLIS
- XXVII
- THE VAGARIES OF THE HIGHER LAW
- XXVIII
- IN SEASON AND OUT
- XXIX
- MUTTERINGS OF THE STORM
- XXX
- THE MISSING PAPERS
- XXXI
- THE SHADOW OF A DREAM
- XXXII
- THE STORM BREAKS
- XXXIII
- INTO THE LION'S JAWS
- XXXIV
- THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW
- XXXV
- "MINE ENEMY, O MINE ENEMY!"
- XXXVI
- FIAT JUSTITIA
- XXXVII
- THE SISTERS
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