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The Marrow of TraditionCharles W. Chesnutt

The Marrow of Tradition

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Original author: Charles W. Chesnutt

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"The Marrow of Tradition" by Charles W. Chesnutt is a novel published in 1901. Set in the fictional town of Wellington, it portrays the 1898 Wilmington Insurrection, when white supremacists violently overthrew a legitimately elected government. The story follows interweaving plots across racial lines: a newspaper owner conspiring to seize political control, a Black physician facing Jim Crow segregation, half-sisters divided by race, and a son seeking revenge for his father's murder. All converge in election-day violence that forces each character toward a reckoning.

The Marrow of Tradition, by Charles W. Chesnutt. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #11228.

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37 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: At Break of Day2,987 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: The Christening Party4,280 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: The Editor at Work3,241 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: Theodore Felix2,241 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: A Journey Southward4,253 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: Janet1,155 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: The Operation3,003 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: The Campaign Drags1,279 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: A White Man's "nigger"2,299 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: Delamere Plays a Trump2,876 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: The Baby and the Bird1,351 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: Another Southern Product1,823 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII: The Cakewalk1,992 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV: The Maunderings of Old Mrs. Ochiltree2,303 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV: Mrs. Carteret Seeks an Explanation1,896 words
  16. 16.Chapter XVI: Ellis Takes a Trick3,627 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVII: THE SOCIAL ASPIRATIONS OF CAPTAIN McBANE3,266 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVIII: Sandy Sees His Own Ha'nt1,199 words
  19. 19.Chapter XIX: A Midnight Walk892 words
  1. 20.Chapter XX: A Shocking Crime1,391 words
  2. 21.Chapter XXI: The Necessity of an Example1,601 words
  3. 22.Chapter XXII: How Not to Prevent a Lynching2,346 words
  4. 23.Chapter XXIII: Belleview1,568 words
  5. 24.Chapter XXIV: Two Southern Gentlemen2,207 words
  6. 25.Chapter XXV: The Honor of a Family1,637 words
  7. 26.Chapter XXVI: The Discomfort of Ellis1,585 words
  8. 27.Chapter XXVII: The Vagaries of the Higher Law3,798 words
  9. 28.Chapter XXVIII: In Season and Out3,094 words
  10. 29.Chapter XXIX: Mutterings of the Storm1,547 words
  11. 30.Chapter XXX: The Missing Papers3,868 words
  12. 31.Chapter XXXI: The Shadow of a Dream1,704 words
  13. 32.Chapter XXXII: The Storm Breaks2,965 words
  14. 33.Chapter XXXIII: Into the Lion's Jaws1,965 words
  15. 34.Chapter XXXIV: The Valley of the Shadow1,234 words
  16. 35.Chapter XXXV: "mine Enemy, O Mine Enemy!"3,440 words
  17. 36.Chapter XXXVI: Fiat Justitia3,250 words
  18. 37.Chapter XXXVII: The Sisters1,890 words