The Marrow of Tradition

The Marrow of Tradition  (1901)  by Charles W. Chesnutt

The Marrow of Tradition is a novel by African-American author Charles Chesnutt first published in 1901. Copied from eBook at Project Gutenberg.

Contents

• I. At Break of Day
• II. The Christening Party
• III. The Editor at Work
• IV. Theodore Felix
• V. A Journey Southward
• VI. Janet
• VII. The Operation
• VIII. The Campaign drags
• IX. A White Man's "Nigger"
• X. Delamere Plays a Trump
• XI. The Baby and the Bird
• XII. Another Southern Product
• XIII. The Cakewalk
• XIV. The Maunderings of Old Mrs. Ochiltree
• XV. Mrs. Carteret Seeks an Explanation
• XVI. Ellis Takes a Trick
• XVII. The Social Aspirations of Captain McBane
• XVIII. Sandy Sees His Own Ha'nt
• XIX. A Midnight Walk
• XX. A Shocking Crime
• XXI. The Necessity of an Example
• XXII. How Not to Prevent a Lynching
• XXIII. Belleview
• XXIV. Two Southern Gentlemen
• XXV. The Honor of a Family
• XXVI. The Discomfort of Ellis
• XXVII. The Vagaries of the Higher Law
• XXVIII. In Season and Out
• XXIX. Mutterings of the Storm
• XXX. The Missing Papers
• XXXI. The Shadow of a Dream
• XXXII. The Storm breaks
• XXXIII. Into the Lion's Jaws
• XXXIV. The Valley of the Shadow
• XXXV. "Mine Enemy, O Mine Enemy!"
• XXXVI. Fiat Justitia
• XXXVII. The Sisters

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923. The author died in 1932, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.