The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales
About this book
The sun was going down on the Dedlow Marshes. The tide was following it fast as if to meet the reddening lines of sky and water in the west, leaving the foreground to grow blacker and blacker every moment, and to bring out in startling contrast the few half-filled and half-lit pools left behind and forgotten. The strong breath of the Pacific fanning their surfaces at times kindled them into a dull glow like dying embers. A cloud of sand-pipers rose white from one of the nearer lagoons, swept in a long eddying ring against the sunset, and became a black and dropping rain to seaward. The long sinuous line of channel, fading with the light and ebbing with the tide, began to give off here and there light puffs of gray-winged birds like sudden exhalations.
Reader Profile
3.7/5 · 6 readers · 138 pages · ≈ 2 h 33 m · Challenging
How long does it take to read The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales?
About ≈ 2 h 33 m — 138 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales?
138 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales?
It sits on the Westerns, Short Stories, Fiction shelves.
Is The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales in the public domain?
Yes — it is free to read and share.
Who wrote The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales?
Bret Harte (1836–1902).
Where can I read The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales online for free?
It is in the public domain — read it free on Open Library. Open Library