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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

_Twenty-nine_: A MASTER OF