Excerpt from The Novels, Stories, Sketches, and Poems of Thomas Nelson Page, Vol. 2: Gordon Keith Prosperity is like the tide. It comes, each wave higher and higher, until it almost appears that it will never end, and then suddenly it seems to ebb a little, comes up again, recedes again, and, before one knows it, is passing away as surely as it came. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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The volume also includes writings from earlier eras to show how changing perspectives have enabled older concepts and debates to emerge in different contexts, casting new light on their significance and impact.
For example, in Page's short story “Unc' Edinburg's Drowndin': A Plantation Echo,” the freedman “Unc' Edinburg” of eastern Virginia recounts to a white narrator the history of his service to his former owner, “Marse George.
Page, Thomas Nelson. The Negro: The Southern Problem. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. Page, Thomas Nelson. The Novels, Stories, Sketches, and Poems of Thomas Nelson Page. The Plantation Edition, vol. 11.