Project Gutenberg 2010-09-26 Public domain in the USA. 213 Woolson, Constance Fenimore 1840 1894 March, Anne Rodman the Keeper: Southern Sketches Rodman the Keeper -- Sister St. Luke -- Miss Elizabetha -- Old Gardiston -- The South Devil -- In the Cotton Country -- Felipa -- "Bro." -- King David -- Up in the Blue Ridge Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Rodman the Keeper: Southern Sketches" by Constance Fenimore Woolson is a collection of character-driven sketches written in the late 19th century. The book provides a vivid portrayal of life in the post-Civil War South, particularly focusing on the somber reflections of its main character, John Rodman, who serves as the keeper of a national cemetery. As he navigates his solitude and encounters the memories of the soldiers buried there, the sketches explore themes of loss, duty, and the complex beauty of the Southern landscape." "At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to John Rodman sitting in the doorway of his cottage, reflecting on both his duties as a keeper of the graves of fallen soldiers and the isolation that accompanies them. The cemetery itself is enriched with the memories and stories of those who laid down their lives for their causes, and Rodman is portrayed as a man weighed by both the weight of history and his singular existence amid the ruins of pride and loss. His interactions with local townsfolk reveal an underlying tension between North and South, punctuated by moments of self-reflection and humanity as he tends to the graves of the fourteen thousand soldiers committed to rest there. This opening sets the stage for Rodman's journey through memories, melancholy, and a supreme sense of obligation to honor the fallen." (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/33813/33813-h/images/cover.jpg http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33813/33813-h/images/cover.jpg en Short stories United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Southern States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 708531 708541 2024-09-14T08:56:41.456840 2023-09-15T04:18:06.253115 text/html text/html 713264 2012-02-08T07:01:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 369831 2012-02-08T07:07:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 377989 2024-09-14T08:56:49.191790 application/epub+zip 388306 2024-09-14T08:56:42.307827 application/epub+zip 337756 2024-09-14T08:56:41.879851 application/epub+zip 580378 2024-09-14T08:56:54.767801 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 548538 2024-09-14T08:56:48.803817 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 498257 2022-09-15T11:56:42.087959 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 669941 669858 2024-09-14T08:56:40.023871 2023-09-15T04:18:05.134114 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 669672 2012-02-08T06:59:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 260538 2012-02-08T07:07:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 669671 2012-02-08T06:59:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 260473 2012-02-08T07:07:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21228 2024-09-14T08:56:54.907767 application/rdf+xml 25035 2024-09-14T08:56:41.985851 image/jpeg 3259 2024-09-14T08:56:41.930903 image/jpeg 370473 2024-09-14T08:56:41.523848 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia