A Poor Wise Man
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read by Celine Major
Mary Roberts Rinehart offers a superb blend of romance and suspense amidst political tensions in this story set in early 20th Century America. The characters are compelling and representative of the various socioeconomic classes. The reader follows the complicated relationship of Lily Cardew (just returned from working with the Red Cross during the war) who finds herself unable to go back to the empty social life of the rich and William Wallace Cameron, an honest, fearless and patriotic pharmacy clerk during the turbulent times of an industrial town.
- Summary by Celine Major (0 hr 29 min)
Chapters
Chapter 1 | 25:00 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 2-3 | 26:42 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 4-5 | 29:50 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 6-7 | 30:13 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 8-9 | 40:33 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 10-11 | 34:46 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 12-13 | 44:40 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 14-15 | 41:22 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 16-17 | 40:47 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 18-19 | 40:53 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 20-21 | 52:00 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 22-23 | 37:48 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 24-26 | 32:09 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 27-29 | 41:13 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 30-34 | 37:20 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 35-37 | 38:34 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 38-39 | 46:18 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 40-43 | 35:38 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 44-48 | 40:48 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 49-52 | 32:34 | Read by Celine Major |
Reviews
Excellent!!
Barb Peterson
This story kept my attention from the beginning. An amazing glimpse into some difficult situations of a hundred years ago, some of which sounded very contemporary. It helped me to not worry overmuch about the times we are in today because it just seems that history is a series of ebbs and flows that are set on repeat. We will get past these particular days...
Excellent story!
SaraKathryn
If you’ve read other MRR books, you might be wondering if this story is just as good as her other ones. To that, I would say it is perfectly delightful and satisfying. The narrator does take some getting used to, as others have mentioned, but I wouldn’t let that stop you from trying this audiobook. Definitely give this one a try!
A Poor Wise Man
Terri Lynn
Great look into post WWI era including America and plots attempting a coo to over throw the wealthy and
well that ends well finally
TheReader
excellent story. Many many characters. a unique look at the red movement in America after World War I.
Bernadette Burns
Such an enjoyable book didn’t want it to end
Great!
Wendi Thomasen
Another great by M.R.R.! I can't get enough of this author and am sad that this is the last of her books available on here for me to listen to. It was a bit tough to listen to this reader at first as she sounds mechanical, robotic but I grew to like her voice and appreciate her flawless reading. A good listen.