Project Gutenberg 2010-11-29 Public domain in the USA. 193 Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia) 1810 1886 Stephens, Ann Sophia Winterbotham Slick, Jonathan The Gold Brick E-text prepared by Roberta Staehlin, TIA, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "The Gold Brick" by Ann S. Stephens is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative begins amidst the chaos of the Haitian Revolution, focusing on Captain Mason and the carefully orchestrated rescue of a mother and her young son during a brutal massacre in Port au Prince. The storyline explores themes of violence, survival, and the human condition against a backdrop of racial tensions and sacrifice. The opening of "The Gold Brick" sets a dramatic scene on a ship anchored in the harbor amid the turmoil of an insurrection, where the captain wrestles with his moral duty to save the victims of a massacre while grappling with the constraints of his position. As chaos unfolds on the shore, he and his crew make a determined attempt to rescue a mother and her child. The mother ultimately succumbs to the violence, leaving her son, Paul, to find solace in the care of a loyal slave named Jube. The chapter paints a poignant picture of love, loss, and loyalty amidst the backdrop of violent upheaval, establishing the emotional stakes that will carry throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 965524 2025-07-14T06:50:05.192851 text/html 985902 2010-11-29T11:43:47 text/html 407780 2025-07-14T06:50:21.753273 application/epub+zip 419636 2025-07-14T06:50:08.966800 application/epub+zip 417576 2025-07-14T06:50:06.901831 application/epub+zip 762374 2025-07-14T06:50:30.839174 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 677847 2025-07-14T06:50:19.655291 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 644489 2022-09-16T03:30:33.725193 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 839010 2025-07-14T06:50:02.007844 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 838667 2010-11-29T11:39:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 838677 2010-11-29T11:39:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20771 2025-07-14T06:50:30.998191 application/rdf+xml 9644 2025-07-14T06:50:07.469805 image/jpeg 2846 2025-07-14T06:50:07.194790 image/jpeg 314780 2010-11-29T11:39:47 application/octet-stream application/zip 340894 2010-11-29T11:49:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 314780 2010-11-29T11:39:47 application/octet-stream application/zip 389252 2025-07-14T06:50:05.264824 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia