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Louise Clarke Pyrnelle
Louise Clarke Pyrnelle (1850–1907) was an American author known for her works that depicted life in the American South. She is best remembered for her novel "Diddy Dumps, or, The Tenderloin Reform Club," published in 1889, which provides a satirical look at urban life. Pyrnelle's work often explored themes of Southern identity, race, and class, reflecting the complexities of her era. In addition to her writing, Pyrnelle also worked as a schoolteacher in Alabama, where she drew inspiration for many of her stories.
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THE FOURTH OF JULY "THE glorious Fourth" was always a holiday on every Southern plantation, and, of course, Major Waldron's was no exception to the rule. His negroes not only had holiday, but a barbecue, and it was a day of general mirth and festivity. On this particular "Fourth" the barbecue was to be on the banks of the creek formed by the back-waters of the river, and was to be...
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CHAPTER I. DIDDIE, DUMPS, AND TOT. They were three little sisters, daughters of a Southern planter, and they lived in a big white house on a cotton plantation in Mississippi. The house stood in a grove of cedars and live-oaks, and on one side was a flower-garden, with two summer-houses covered with climbing roses and honeysuckles, where the little girls would often have tea-parties in the pleasant...
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