By
Ellen Glasgow
1904
I. The Man in the Field
II. The Owner of Blake Hall
III. Showing That a Little Culture Entails Great Care
IV. Of Human Nature in the Raw State
V. The Wreck of the Blakes
VI. Carraway Plays Courtier
VII. In Which a Stand Is Made
VIII. Treats of a Passion That Is Not Love
IX. Cynthia X. Sentimental and Otherwise
I. The Romance That Might Have Been
II. The Romance That Was
III. Fletcher's Move and Christopher's Counterstroke
IV. A Gallant Deed That Leads to Evil
V. The Glimpse of a Bride
VI. Shows Fletcher in a New Light
VII. In Which Hero and Villain Appear as One
VIII. Between the Devil and the Deep Sea
IX. As the Twig Is Bent
X. Powers of Darkness
I. In Which Tobacco Is Hero
II. Between Christopher and Will
III. Mrs. Blake Speaks Her Mind on Several Matters
IV. In Which Christopher Hesitates
V. The Happiness of Tucker
VI. The Wages of Folly
VII. The Toss of a Coin
VIII. In Which Christopher Triumphs
I. The Unforeseen
II. Maria Returns to the Hall
III. The Day Afterward
IV. The Meeting in the Night
V. Maria Stands on Christopher's Ground
VI. The Growing Light
VII. In which Carraway Speaks the Truth to Maria
VIII. Between Maria and Christopher
IX. Christopher Faces Himself
X. By the Poplar Spring
I. Christopher Seeks an Escape
II. The Measure of Maria
III. Will's Ruin
IV. In Which Mrs. Blake's Eyes are Opened
V. Christopher Plants by Moonlight
VI. Treats of the Tragedy Which Wears a Comic Mask
VII. Will Faces Desperation and Stands at Bay
VIII. How Christopher Comes into His Revenge
IX. The Fulfilling of the Law
X. The Wheel of Life
CHRISTOPHER BLAKE, a tobacco-grower
MRS. BLAKE, his mother
TUCKER CORBIN, an old soldier
CYNTHIA and LILA BLAKE; sisters of Christopher
CARRAWAY, a lawyer
BILL FLETCHER, a wealthy farmer
MARIA FLETCHER, his granddaughter
WILL FLETCHER, his grandson
"MISS SAIDIE," sister of Fletcher
JACOB WEATHERBY, a tobacco-grower
JIM WEATHERBY, his son
SOL PETERKIN, another tobacco-grower
MOLLY PETERKIN, daughter of Sol
Tom SPADE, a country storekeeper