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"The Debatable Land": A Novel

by Arthur Colton

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In a rugged New England town where ancestral fields yield little, a spirited young girl named Nellie challenges tradition and carves her own path amid whispers of legends and unsettled lands. Her fierce independence stirs both admiration and conflict in a community bound by history.

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01"THE DEBATABLE LAND" · Ch.1Free
02Chapter I "Hinter die Kirche blühe die blaue Blume der Zufriedenheit."—Meister Eckhart.
03Chapter II[Pg 11] Of Thaddeus Bourn and his Purposes
04Chapter III[Pg 24] Of Morgan Map and his Purposes
05Chapter IV In which Thaddeus uses the term "Moral Justification"
06Chapter V Introducing Hamilton and Saint Mary's Organ
07Chapter VI Introducing Gard Windham and the Brotherhood of Consolation
08Chapter VII Introducing Moselle and Mavering
09Chapter VIII Of Mrs. Mavering, and of the Philosophy of the Individual
10Chapter IX Of Estates in Happiness
11Chapter X Of Spring in Hamilton—Of Thaddeus's Opportunity to be Candid
12Chapter XI The Whirlpool.—Mr. Paulus's Reminiscences of Women.

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