Confession or The Blind Heart

Confession or The Blind Heart is a novel written by William Gilmore Simms. The story takes place in the mid-19th century in Charleston, South Carolina, and follows the life of a young woman named Edith. Edith is a beautiful and intelligent woman who is loved by many, but she is also plagued by a deep sense of loneliness and a feeling of being disconnected from the world around her.As the story unfolds, Edith finds herself caught up in a web of deceit and betrayal that threatens to destroy her life. She struggles to come to terms with her own feelings and desires, while also trying to navigate the complex social and political landscape of Charleston.Throughout the novel, Simms explores themes of love, betrayal, and redemption, as well as the complex social and cultural dynamics of the American South in the mid-19th century. The book is a powerful and poignant portrayal of a woman's struggle to find her place in the world, and it remains a classic of American literature to this day.1885. Simms, American poet, novelist and historian, whose novels are almost wholly southern, and marked invariably with local color; many of them are historical, but for the most part they aim to reproduce the various types of southern and southwestern life. Confession begins: The pains and penalties of folly are not necessarily death. They were in old times, perhaps, according to the text, and he who kept not to himself the secrets of his silly heart was surely crucified or burnt. Though lacking in penalties extreme like these, the present is not without its own. All times, indeed, have their penalties for folly, much more certainly than for crime; and this fact furnishes one of the must human arguments in favor of the doctrine of rewards and punishments in the future state. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.