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Charlemont, or, The pride of the village

a tale of Kentucky
Simms, William Gilmore (1806-1870)
  
[book-plate]
  
IN PRESS.
  
BORDER NOVELS AND ROMANCES OF THE SOUTH.
  
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[dedication]
  
ADVERTISEMENT.

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CHAPTER I. THE SCENE.
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CHAPTER II. THE TRAVELLERS.
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CHAPTER III. THE STRONG-MINDED WOMAN.
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CHAPTER IV. SIMPLICITY AND THE SERPENT.
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CHAPTER V. THE SERPENT IN THE GARDEN.
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CHAPTER VI. THE TOAD ON THE ALTAR.
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CHAPTER VII. THE GOOD YOUNG MAN IN MEDITATION.
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CHAPTER VIII. PAROCHIAL PERFORMANCES.
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CHAPTER IX. HOW THE TOAD GRINS UPON THE ALTAR.
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CHAPTER X. THE MOTHER'S GRIEFS.
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CHAPTER XI. WRESTLING.
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CHAPTER XII. THE MASTER AND HIS PUPILS.
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CHAPTER XIII. THE HISTORY OF A FAILURE.
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CHAPTER XIV. THE ENTHUSIAST.
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CHAPTER XV. A CATASTROPHE.
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CHAPTER XVI. SOUSING A GURNET.
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CHAPTER XVII. PHILOSOPHY OF FIGHTING.
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CHAPTER XVIII. TRAILING THE FOX.
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CHAPTER XIX. THE DOOM.
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CHAPTER XX. BLOWS — A CRISIS.
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CHAPTER XXI. CHALLENGE.
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CHAPTER XXII. FOOT TO FOOT.
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CHAPTER XXIII. UNEXPECTED ISSUES.
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CHAPTER XXIV. EXILE.
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CHAPTER XXV. CONQUEST.
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CHAPTER XXVI. FALL.
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CHAPTER XXVII. THE BIRTH OF THE AGONY.
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CHAPTER XXVIII. STRENGTH AFTER FALL.
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CHAPTER XXIX. BULL-PUPS IN TRAINING.
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CHAPTER XXX. THE FOX IN THE TRAP.
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CHAPTER XXXI. “ABSQUATULATING.”
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CHAPTER XXXII. THE REVELATION.
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CHAPTER XXXIII. STORM AND CONVULSION.
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CHAPTER XXXIV. THE FATES FIND THE DAGGER AND THE BOWL.
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CHAPTER XXXV. FOLDING THE ROBES ABOUT HER.
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CHAPTER XXXVI. SUSPENSE AND AGONY.
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CHAPTER XXXVII. SHAME AND DEATH — THE OATH.
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CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE PALL UPON THE COFFIN.

  
POETRY AND THE DRAMA.
  
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
  
BELLES-LETTRES.
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CHARLEMONT
OR
THE PRIDE OF THE VILLAGE

A TALE OF KENTUCKY

By

W. GILMORE SIMMS

, Esq. AUTHOR OF “THE PARTISAN”—“MELLICHAMPE”—“KATHARINE WALTON”— “THE FORAYERS”—“THE SCOUT”—“WOODCRAFT”—“BEAUCHAMPE,” ETC. “Nor will I be secure, In any confidence of mine own strength, For such security is oft the mother Of negligence, and that, the occasion Of unremedy'd ruin.” Microcosmus—Tho. Nabbes.
REDFIELD
34 BEEKMAN STREET, NEW YORK
© 1856
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