Who Crosses Storm Mountain?
Crosses Storm Mountain is a novel by Mary Noailles Murfree, first published in 1891. It tells the story of a young woman, Mary, who is determined to cross the treacherous Storm Mountain in the Appalachian Mountains. She is accompanied by her faithful dog, Jack, and her beloved horse, Star. Along the way, she meets a variety of characters, including a mysterious stranger, a wise old man, and a young girl who is searching for her lost brother. As Mary and her companions make their way across the mountain, they face many dangers, including wild animals, treacherous terrain, and a mysterious force that seems to be watching them. In the end, Mary discovers the truth about the mountain and the secrets it holds.
By Mary Noailles Murfree · First published 1911 · Genre: Regional Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adventure Fiction · 5,682 words
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The wind stirred in the weighted pines; the snow lay on the ground. Here and there on its smooth, white expanse footprints betokened the woodland gentry abroad. In the pallid glister of the moon, even amid the sparse, bluish shadows of the leafless trees, one might discriminate the impression of the pronged claw of the wild turkey, the short, swift paces of the mink, the padded, doglike paw of the wolf. A progress of a yet more ravening suggestion was intimated in great hoof-marks leading to the door of a little log cabin all a-crouch in the grim grip of winter and loneliness and poverty on the slope of the mountain, among heavy, outcropping ledges of rock and beetling, overhanging crags. With icy ranges all around as far as the eye could reach, with the vast, instarred, dark sky above, it might seem as if sorrow, the world, the law could hardly take account of so slight a thing, so remote. But smoke was slowly stealing up from its stick-and-clay chimney, and its clapboarded roof sheltered a group with scarcely the heart to mend the fire.
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- Work type: Short story
- Author: Mary Noailles Murfree
- Date: 1911 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Regional Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adventure Fiction, Romance Fiction
- Length: 5,682 words
- Structure: 1 section, 95 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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Genres
- Regional Fiction — The book is set in the Appalachian Mountains and focuses on the lives of the people living in the region.
- Historical Fiction — The book is set in the late 19th century and follows the lives of the characters in that time period.
- Adventure Fiction — The book follows the characters on a journey through the Appalachian Mountains, encountering various obstacles and adventures along the way.
- Romance Fiction — The book follows the romantic relationships between the characters and how they develop over the course of the story.
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