The Quest of the Silver Fleece eBook

Title:  The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel

Author:  W. E. B. Du Bois

Release Date:  March 5, 2005 [EBook #15265]

Language:  English

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THE QUEST OF THE SILVER FLEECE

A Novel

W.E.B.  DU BOIS

1911

A.C.  McClurg & Co.

Contents

THE QUEST OF THE SILVER FLEECE

Note from the Author 3

One:  Dreams 5

Two:  The school 12

Three:  Miss Mary Taylor 16

Four:  Town 23

Five:  Zora 33

Six:  Cotton 42

Seven:  The place of dreams 53

Eight:  MR. HARRY CRESSWELL 66

Nine:  THE PLANTING 74

Ten:  MR. TAYLOR CALLS 84

Eleven:  THE FLOWERING OF THE FLEECE 99

Twelve:  THE PROMISE 108

Thirteen:  MRS. GREY GIVES A DINNER 122

Fourteen:  LOVE 128

Fifteen:  REVELATION 134

Sixteen:  THE GREAT REFUSAL 146

Seventeen:  THE RAPE OF THE FLEECE 154

Eighteen:  THE COTTON CORNER 162

Nineteen:  THE DYING OF ELSPETH 171

Twenty:  THE WEAVING OF THE SILVER FLEECE 182

Twenty-one:  THE MARRIAGE MORNING 191

Twenty-two:  MISS CAROLINE WYNN 199

Twenty-three:  THE TRAINING OF ZORA 210

Twenty-four:  THE EDUCATION OF ALWYN 218

Twenty-five:  THE CAMPAIGN 230

Twenty-six:  CONGRESSMAN CRESSWELL 244

Twenty-seven:  THE VISION OF ZORA 254

Twenty-eight:  THE ANNUNCIATION 263