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The Quest of the Silver Fleece

by W. E. B. DU BOIS (1868 - 1963)

02 - The School

The Quest of the Silver Fleece is a story of romance, race, economics and politics set around the 1900s. Here, a traditionally educated boy and an unschooled “swamp girl” each begin a journey toward love, ambition and redemption in the “Old South.” (Summary by AJai Hilton)

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Listen next episodes of The Quest of the Silver Fleece:
03 - Miss Mary Taylor , 04 - Town , 05 - Zora , 06 - Cotton , 07 - The Place of Dreams , 08 - Mr. Harry Cresswell , 09 - The Planting , 10 - Mr. Taylor Calls , 11 - The Flowering of the Fleece , 12 - The Promise , 13 - Mrs. Grey Gives a Dinner , 14 - Love , 15 - Revelation , 16 - The Great Refusal , 17 - The Rape of the Fleece , 18 - The Cotton Corner , 19 - The Dying of Elspeth , 20 - The Weaving of the Silver Fleece , 21 - The Marriage Morning , 22 - Miss Caroline Wynn , 23 - The Training of Zora , 24 - The Education of Alwyn , 25 - The Campaign , 26 - Congressman Cresswell , 27 - The Vision of Zora , 28 - The Annunciation , 29 - A Master of Fate , 30 - The Return of Zora , 31 - A Parting of Ways , 32 - Zora's Way , 33 - The Buying of the Swamp , 34 - The Return of Alwyn , 35 - The Cotton Mill , 36 - The Land , 37 - The Mob , 38 - Atonement