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    15/07/2024
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    Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite

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    Chapter: 24 | Listen: 2

    Sir Harry Hotspur’s only son and heir dies young which means that the title goes to a cousin, George Hotspur. Sir Harry wants the ancestral property to go to his daughter, Emily, and hopes that a future husband will adopt the family name. George is a charmer but also a spendthrift and a gambler. He sets out to win Emily in order to save himself from bankruptcy – and succeeds, despite Emily knowing he is really unworthy. She is convinced she can save him but has also promised she will not marry without her father’s consent – which of course Sir Harry refuses to give. The book follows their story. (Summary by Simon Evers)     [chương_files]  

    15/07/2024
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    Spirit of Sweetwater

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    Clement had unwittingly succeeded where others had failed at mining in the western Colorado mountains. Now he found himself wanting to share his success with some deserving soul, and one day found a young dying woman to whom he seemed inexplicably drawn. However he had a past which his conscience told him must be revealed in order for him to be worthy of a dying woman’s love. Should a man of means expend the effort to clear his conscience in order to attempt a relationship destined to last but a short time? – Summary by Roger Melin     [chương_files]  

    15/07/2024
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    Pretty Sister Of José

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    Chapter: 14 | Listen: 2

    Pepita would rather become a witch than a wife. She’s seen too many women, including her mother, wither away at their husband’s hands. Popular and respected, our gentle, but fiercely independent heroine immediately grows cruel and cold to any suitor drawn in by her allure. When a famous bullfighting lady killer from Madrid takes interest in her, will Pepita’s resolve crumble with disastrous consequences? A hit upon its 1899 release, this novella later spawned both a play and silent film adaptation. Despite its public popularity, its (now rather tame) intense love story and positive portrayal of Spaniards drew some controversy from English critics. Summary by Mary Kay.     [chương_files]  

    15/07/2024
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    Ralstons

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    Chapter: 35 | Listen: 5

    Katharine has married Jack Ralston secretly and hoped to force her rich uncle’s hand in assisting him to find a career. After his refusal, she couldn’t face her new husband to break the news and a series of mishaps led everyone – Katharine included – to believe Jack had fallen victim to the demon he had been fighting: drink. Realizing that she need not acknowledge the marriage, yet unable to continue on as a single woman, she attends a dinner with some misgivings, knowing she will be seated by him. Meanwhile, he is confused by her cold treatment of him, assuming she had received the letter he sent her. All is explained at the dinner – but what will they do now? Continue as if nothing had happened? Or has the misunderstanding caused too great a rift? Will Jack ‘buckle down’ and take the boring office job he has already rejected, in order to be able to claim his wife and support her? Does the west hold the promise of a new beginning? Or will they swallow their pride and accept the very generous gift from Uncle Robert, which they have already rejected in order to make their own way? And how does Frank Miner’s news that Uncle Robert intended to buy the newspaper affect things? In this sequel to Katharine Lauderdale, we follow the newly married couple as they navigate the treacherous waters of married bliss. – Summary by Lynne Thompson     [chương_files]  

    15/07/2024
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    Katharine Lauderdale Volume 1

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    Chapter: 15 | Listen: 5

    Katharine Lauderdale would be a New York society belle, if it were not for her miserly father. Her older sister has escaped the unhappy parental home by marrying and Katherine plans to do the same, but her father has already refused to sanction her nuptials with her cousin and childhood sweetheart, Jack Ralston. Desperate measures are needed and what role will rich Uncle Robert play in the future of the young people? ( Lynne Thompson)     [chương_files]  

    15/07/2024
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    Katharine Lauderdale Volume 2

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    Chapter: 15 | Listen: 4

    Katherine Lauderdale would be a New York society belle, if it were not for her miserly father. Her older sister has escaped the unhappy parental home by marrying and Katherine plans to do the same, but her father has already refused to sanction her nuptials with her cousin and childhood sweetheart, Jack Ralston. How will the young couple’s defiance of family and society affect their future life together? Will they even be able to have a future together? – Summary by Lynne Thompson     [chương_files]  

    15/07/2024
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    Confidence

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    Chapter: 30 | Listen: 3

    This light and somewhat awkward comedy centers on artist Bernard Longueville, scientist Gordon Wright, and the sometimes inscrutable heroine, Angela Vivian. The plot rambles through various romantic entanglements before reaching an uncomplicated, but still believable happy ending. (wikipedia)     [chương_files]  

    14/07/2024
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    White Rose of Weary Leaf

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    Chapter: 49 | Listen: 1

    Isobel Violet Hunt was a British author renowned for her literary salons, which hosted such notables as H.G. Wells, D.H. Laurence, Henry James, W. Somerset Maugham, Oscar Wilde and Ezra Pound. In White Rose of Weary Leaf (often considered her best work), principal character, Amy, voices many of Hunt’s New Woman theories of sexual, financial, and intellectual autonomy. Amy manages to successfully navigate through society in her roles as secretary and governess, until her reputation as an “Adventuress” leads to a supreme test. – summary by Lisa Reichert     [chương_files]  

    14/07/2024
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    Wanted – A Pedigree

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    Chapter: 50 | Listen: 2

    Nina Clemmens was adopted as a baby. When her parents die, she goes to live with her religious aunt, who mistreats her because of her temper and her origin. Nina has been haunted by a woman in black for her whole life. She meets Dr. Monteith, who is a widower whose wife died in childbirth. Will Nina be safe with him? Will she come to know the God both her aunt and Dr. Monteith claim to serve? Will she ever be accepted despite her lack of pedigree? When a young man carelessly insults her, she vows revenge. But it is not as simple as she thought. Will she be reconciled to the one she loves? Will the mystery of the woman in black be solved? (Summary by Bria Snow)     [chương_files]  

    14/07/2024
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    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Version 6)

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    Chapter: 43 | Listen: 2

    Follow the young boy Huckleberry Finn and the slave Jim on their epic journey down the Mississippi River in the years before the Civil War. This masterpiece by Mark Twain is a delightful mixture of exciting adventures, sad mishaps, floods, lazy days floating on the raft, conniving con men and human beings in their most bewildering variety. It is a great pleasure to read and listen to. (by Phil Chenevert )     [chương_files]