Chapters
24 totalFRAN - BY JOHN BRECKENRIDGE ELLIS - WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY - W. B. KING - TO MY MOTHER - I A KNOCK AT THE DOOR. - II A DISTURBING LAUGH. - III ON THE FOOT-BRIDGE. - IV THE WOMAN WHO WAS NOT MRS. GREGORY. - V WE REAP WHAT WE SOW. - VI MRS. GREGORY. - VII A FAMILY CONFERENCE. - VIII WAR DECLARED. - IX SKIRMISHING. - X AN AMBUSCADE. - XI THE NEW BRIDGE AT MIDNIGHT. - XII GRACE CAPTURES THE OUTPOSTS. - XIII ALLIANCE WITH ABBOTT. - XIV FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE. - XV IN SURE-ENOUGH COUNTRY. - XVI A TAMER OF LIONS. - XVII SHALL THE SECRET BE TOLD? - XVIII JUST THIRTY MINUTES. - XIX THE FIRST VICTORY. - XX THE ENEMY TRIUMPHS. - XXI FLIGHT. - XXII THE STREET FAIR. - XXIII THE CONQUEROR. - XXIV NEAR THE SKY. - CHAPTER I - A KNOCK AT THE DOOR
CHAPTER II - A DISTURBING LAUGH
CHAPTER III - ON THE FOOT-BRIDGE
CHAPTER IV - THE WOMAN WHO WAS NOT MRS. GREGORY
CHAPTER V - WE REAP WHAT WE SOW
CHAPTER VI - MRS. GREGORY
CHAPTER VII - A FAMILY CONFERENCE
CHAPTER VIII - WAR DECLARED
CHAPTER IX - SKIRMISHING
CHAPTER X - AN AMBUSCADE
Description
Fran arrives at a modest house in the sleepy village of Littleburg, knocking in the dim evening for a man she claims to know intimately. The door is answered by a stern, unnamed woman whose cold curiosity forces Fran to reveal a connection to Hamilton Gregory, a figure tied to a nearby union camp meeting. Their terse exchange hints at hidden obligations and a tangled web of loyalties that pull Fran deeper into the town’s secretive undercurrents.
The story then follows Fran as she makes her way through quiet streets and rustic landscapes toward a large tent where the camp meeting swells with voices and anticipation. Along the way, the atmosphere crackles with unease, suggesting that the gathering is more than a simple religious service. Listeners are drawn into a world where small‑town appearances mask larger struggles, and where Fran’s relentless determination raises questions about what she truly seeks—and what she might uncover.
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Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (387K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
Jul 1, 2004
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis
1870–1956
A once-popular Missouri novelist and teacher, he wrote historical romances and other fiction that reached a wide early-20th-century audience. His life story was just as striking as his books: after childhood illness left him unable to use his legs and later failing eyesight pushed him to learn braille, he kept writing for decades.
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