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| Introduction | ix | |
| Suggestions for Further Reading | xxxv | |
| A Note on the Text | xxxix | |
| Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty | ||
| I. | Mr. Edward Colburne becomes acquainted with Miss Lillie Ravenel | 3 |
| II. | Miss Ravenel becomes acquainted with Lieutenant-Colonel Carter | 14 |
| III. | Mr. Colburne takes a Segar with Lieutenant-Colonel Carter | 27 |
| IV. | The Dramatic Personages go on a Pic-nic, and study the Ways of New Boston | 36 |
| V. | The Dramatic Personages get News from Bull Run | 50 |
| VI. | Mr. Colburne sees his Way clear to be a Soldier | 61 |
| VII. | Captain Colburne raises a Company, and Colonel Carter a Regiment | 72 |
| VIII. | The Brave bid Good-bye to the Fair | 86 |
| IX. | From New Boston to New Orleans, via Fort Jackson | 98 |
| X. | The Ravenels find Captain Colburne in good Quarters | 110 |
| XI. | New Orleans Life and New Orleans Ladies | 125 |
| XII. | Colonel Carter befriends the Ravenels | 140 |
| XIII. | The Course of True Love begins to run rough | 154 |
| XIV. | Lillie chooses for herself | 169 |
| XV. | Lillie bids Good-bye to the Lover whom she has chosen, and to the Lover whom she would not choose | 180 |
| XVI. | Colonel Carter gains one Victory, and Miss Ravenel another | 193 |
| XVII. | Colonel Carter is entirely victorious before he begins his Campaign | 206 |
| XVIII. | Doctor Ravenel commences the Reorganization of Southern Labor | 219 |
| XIX. | The Reorganization of Southern Labor is continued with Vigor | 232 |
| XX. | Captain Colburne marches and fights with Credit | 245 |
| XXI. | Captain Colburne has Occasion to see Life in a Hospital | 258 |
| XXII. | Captain Colburne re-enforces the Ravenels in Time to aid them in running away | 271 |
| XXIII. | Captain Colburne covers the Retreat of the Southern Labor Organization | 285 |
| XXIV. | A desperate Attack and a successful Defence | 298 |
| XXV. | Domestic Happiness in spite of adverse Circumstances | 309 |
| XXVI. | Captain Colburne describes Camp and Field Life | 322 |
| XXVII. | Colonel Carter makes an Astronomical Expedition with a dangerous Fellow-traveller | 332 |
| XXVIII. | The Colonel continues to be led into Temptation | 345 |
| XXIX. | Lillie reaches the Apotheosis of Womanhood | 360 |
| XXX. | Colonel Carter commits his first ungentlemanly Action | 372 |
| XXXI. | A Torture which might have been spared | 384 |
| XXXII. | A most logical Conclusion | 396 |
| XXXIII. | Lillie devotes herself entirely to the Rising Generation | 413 |
| XXXIV. | Lillie's Attention is recalled to the Rising Generation | 426 |
| XXXV. | Captain Colburne as Mr. Colburne | 440 |
| XXXVI. | A Brace of Offers | 453 |
| XXXVII. | A Marriage | 465 |
| Explanatory Notes | 471 |
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Chuck Johnson
reviewed Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty on June 15, 2011
Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty
Does this novel depict the Civil War realistically? Yes. Is Lillie Ravenel the strong heroine described by the GoodReads description? No. She comes off as a bit silly, actually. Miss Ravenel's Conversion is less about Miss Ravenel's conversion and more about life during the Civil War (wait, I'm in the South...War of Northern Aggression) and domestic affairs at the time. The first half of the book was rather boring, being mostly about Lillie's friendship with two military men, the drinking, philandering Carter and the gentle lawyer Colborne, and how she eventually decides which of the two she'll marry. It sounds kind of Jane Austen-esque, but De Forest fails to make it very interesting. The second half of the novel picks up some, however, with descriptions of battles and military life, Lillie's father's plantation experiment with free black labor, and Carter's eventual dissolution into political corruption and adultery. While De Forest's characterizations of women and Southerners seemed rather degrading, he doesn't glorify the Union, either (again, there's Carter's corruption, along with some comical bits about drunk and/or cowardly commanders). After all, the novel is considered a work of realist literature.
Review originally posted on my blog:
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Add Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty, Drawing on his own combat experience in the Union forces, John W. De Forest crafted a war novel like nothing before it in the annals of American literature. As a captain in the 12th Connecticut Regimental Volunteers, De Forest joined in the battles of Geo, Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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