"Run To Seed" E-Book

Thomas Nelson Page

• Herausgeber: DigiCat
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Beschreibung

Thomas Nelson Page's 'Run To Seed' is a poignant novel set in the American South during the Reconstruction era, exploring themes of tradition, change, and the aftermath of the Civil War. Page's writing style is characterized by its vivid descriptions, attention to detail, and emotional depth, making the reader feel fully immersed in the world he creates. The novel is a reflection of the author's own experiences growing up in Virginia and witnessing the impact of the war on his family and community. Through the characters and their struggles, Page offers a nuanced portrayal of the complexities of Southern society in transition. 'Run To Seed' is a valuable contribution to American literature, shedding light on a crucial period in history with sensitivity and insight.

Leseprobe

Thomas Nelson Page

"Run To Seed"

1891

 

EAN 8596547361633

DigiCat, 2022 Contact: [email protected]

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Jim's father died at Gettysburg; up against the Stone Fence; went to heaven in a chariot of fire on that fateful day when the issue between the two parts of the country was decided: when the slaughter on the Confe'd-erate side was such that after the battle a lieutenant was in charge of a regiment, and a major commanded a brigade.

This fact was much to Jim, though no one knew it: it tempered his mind: ruled his life. He never remembered the time when he did not know the story his mother, in her worn black dress and with her pale face, used to tell him of the bullet-dented sword and faded red sash which hung on the chamber wall.

They were the poorest people in the neighborhood. Everybody was poor; for the county lay in the track of the armies, and the war had swept the country as clean as a floor. But the Uptons were the poorest even in that community. Others recuperated, pulled themselves together, and began after a time to get up. The Uptons got flatter than they were before. The fences (the few that were left) rotted; the fields grew up in sassafras and pines; the barns blew down; the houses decayed; the ditches filled; the chills came.

"They're the shiftlesses' people in the worl'," said Mrs. Wagoner with a shade of asperity in her voice (or was it satisfaction?). Mrs. Wagoner's husband had been in a bombproof during the war, when Jim Upton (Jim's father) was with his company. He had managed to keep his teams from the quartermasters, and had turned up after the war the richest man in the neighborhood. He lived on old Colonel Duval's place, which he had bought for Confederate money.

"They're the shiftlesses' people in the worl'," said Mrs. Wagoner. "Mrs. Upton ain't got any spirit: she jus' sets still and cries her eyes out."

This was true, every word of it. And so was something else that Mrs. Wagoner said in a tone of reprobation, about "people who made their beds having to lay on them"; this process of incubation being too well known to require further discussion.