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Sons and Fathers

Chapter 122: Others of Our Interesting Books Not by Edwards
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The narrative follows an orphaned young man who unexpectedly inherits a reclusive elder's estate and a charge to protect household figures, prompting a slow unravelling of concealed identities and tangled loyalties. Investigations combine legal maneuvering, forensic ingenuity, and personal reckonings as long-buried secrets, romantic attachments, violent confrontations and a climactic duel emerge. The story juxtaposes lingering traditions and the pressures of a changing society, using mystery, family drama, and episodic revelations — including grave-robbing, photographic evidence, and dream-haunted memories — to drive toward moral decisions, exposure of culpability, and resolution of ambiguous kinship ties.

"Two Runaways" and other stories
"His Defense" and other stories
"The Marbeau Cousins"
"Sons and Fathers"
"Eneas Africanus"
"Eneas Africanus, Defendant"
"Just Sweethearts"
"How Sal Came Through"
"Brother Sim's Mistake"
"Isam's Spectacles"
"The Adventures of a Parrot"
"Shadow"—A Christmas Story
"The Vulture and His Shadow"
"On the Mount"
"Mam'selle Delphine"

Others of Our Interesting Books Not by Edwards

"Another Miracle," by John D. Spencer
"July"—A sketch of a real negro, by Bridges Smith
"Sam Simple's First Trip to New Orleans"
"B-Flat Barto"—A Saturday Evening Post Story
"Big-Foot Wallace"—A Texas Story
"Young Marooners," for boys and girls
"Marooner's Island," for boys and girls
"Reminiscences of Sidney Lanier," by George Herbert Clarke