The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
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"Set in Alabama and Washington, D.C., in the early part of the twentieth century, W.E.B. Du Bois's first novel weaves the themes of racial equality and understanding through the stark reality of prejudice and bias. Originally published in 1911 and conceived immediately after The Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois turned to fiction to carry his message to a popular audience who were unfamiliar with his nonfiction works." In the novel, Blessed "Bles" Alwyn, a young man seeking formal education to improve himself, is captivated by Zora, a vivacious, independent woman who lives outside society in a myst...
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- THE QUEST OF THE SILVER FLEECE
- A Novel
- W.E.B. DU BOIS
- 1911 A.C. McClurg & Co.
- THE QUEST OF THE SILVER FLEECE
- Note
- One DREAMS
- Two THE SCHOOL
- Three MISS MARY TAYLOR
- Four TOWN
- Five ZORA
- Six COTTON
- Seven THE PLACE OF DREAMS
- Eight MR. HARRY CRESSWELL
- Nine THE PLANTING
- Ten MR. TAYLOR CALLS
- Eleven THE FLOWERING OF THE FLEECE
- Twelve THE PROMISE
- Thirteen MRS. GREY GIVES A DINNER
- Fourteen LOVE
- Fifteen REVELATION
- Sixteen THE GREAT REFUSAL
- Seventeen THE RAPE OF THE FLEECE
- Eighteen THE COTTON CORNER
- Nineteen THE DYING OF ELSPETH
- Twenty THE WEAVING OF THE SILVER FLEECE
- Twenty-one THE MARRIAGE MORNING
- Twenty-two MISS CAROLINE WYNN
- Twenty-three THE TRAINING OF ZORA
- Twenty-four THE EDUCATION OF ALWYN
- Twenty-five THE CAMPAIGN
- Twenty-six CONGRESSMAN CRESSWELL
- Twenty-seven THE VISION OF ZORA
- Twenty-eight THE ANNUNCIATION
- Twenty-nine A MASTER OF FATE
- Thirty THE RETURN OF ZORA
- Thirty-one A PARTING OF WAYS
- Thirty-two ZORA'S WAY
- Thirty-three THE BUYING OF THE SWAMP
- Thirty-four THE RETURN OF ALWYN
- Thirty-five THE COTTON MILL
- Thirty-six THE LAND
- Thirty-seven THE MOB
- Thirty-eight ATONEMENT
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