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In "The Victim," Thomas Dixon crafts a poignant exploration of moral ambiguity and societal decay in early 20th-century America. Through a gripping narrative that intertwines themes of guilt, redemption, and the complex interplay of personal responsibility and social circumstance, Dixon presents a cast of deeply flawed characters navigating their own tragic paths. The novel exhibits a rich, naturalistic literary style, resonating with the social realism movement of its time, and effectivel...

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, shamanism and ancient knowledge. Our Books are available in digital format. We have approximat...

9 Complete Works of Thomas DixonA Man of the PeopleComradesThe ClansmanThe Foolish VirginThe Man in GrayThe One WomanThe Root of EvilThe SouthernerThe Victim

The fireflies on the Virginia hills were blinking in the dark places beneath the trees and a katydid was singing in the rosebush beside the portico at Arlington. The stars began to twinkle in the serene sky. The lights of Washington flickered across the river. The Capitol building gleamed, argus-eyed on the hill. Congress was in session, still wrangling over the question of Slavery and its extension into the territories of the West. The laughter of youth and beauty sifted down from open wi...

ON the field of Appomattox General Lee was waiting the return of a courier. His handsome face was clouded by the deepening shadows of defeat. Rumours of surrender had spread like wildfire, and the ranks of his once invincible army were breaking into chaos. Suddenly the measured tread of a brigade was heard marching into action, every movement quick with the perfect discipline, the fire, and the passion of the first days of the triumphant Confederacy. "What brigade is that?" he sharply aske...

Ned Vaughan looked at her timidly. For the life of him he couldn't make her out. Was she laughing at him? He half suspected it, and yet there was something sweet and appealing in the way she gazed into his eyes. He gave it up and changed the subject. He had promised to bring John to-day and introduce him. He had been prattling like a fool about this older brother. He wished to God now something would keep him. The pangs of jealousy had already began to gnaw at the thought of her hand resti...

9 Complete Works of Thomas DixonA Man of the PeopleComradesThe ClansmanThe Foolish VirginThe Man in GrayThe One WomanThe Root of EvilThe SouthernerThe Victim

Thomas Dixon’s The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South tells the story of how Robert E. Lee helped the Doyle family relocate to Kansas from Virginia. The sweeping romantic action-adventure tale captures the authentic language and details of the period while offering a multifaceted look at the often misunderstood Confederate General.

This novel is not a rehash of the idea of a foreign conquest of America based on the accidents of war. It is a study of the origin, meaning and destiny of American Democracy by one who believes that the time is ripe in this country for a revival of the principles on which our Republic was founded.   THOMAS DIXON.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Emotions are complex mental states that resist reduction. They are visceral reactions but also beliefs about the world. They are spontaneous outbursts but also culturally learned performances. They are intimate and private and yet gain their substance and significance only from interpersonal and social frameworks. And just as our emotions in any given moment display this complex structure, so their history is plural ra...