Dred: Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp Volume 1

By: Stowe, Harriet Beecher

The writer of this book has chosen, once more, a subject from the scenes and incidents of the slave-holding states.The reason for such a choice is two-fold. First, in a merely artistic point of view, there is no ground, ancient or modern, whose vivid lights, gloomy shadows, and grotesque groupings, af-ford to the novelist so wide a scope for the exer-cise of his powers. In the near vicinity of modern civilization of the most matter-of-fact kind exist institutions which carry us back to the twilight of the feudal ages, with all their exciting possibilities of incident. Two nations, the types of two exactly opposite styles of existence, are here struggling; and from the intermingling of these two a third race has arisen, and the three are interlocked in wild and singular relations, that evolve every possible combination of romance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08KH1334X
• ISBN13: 9798692657954
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 546 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"