Cousin Maude
Mary Jane Holmes
Read by Celine Major
When Matilda's husband James dies, she marries rich Dr. Kennedy thinking he will provide a good home for her daughter Maude. However, the doctor is a miser and assumes that Matty will be his housekeeper. They have a little boy who is crippled and the doctor ignores him. Maude is totally devoted to him and on her mother's deathbed promises to look after him always. The story then evolves with Maude meeting her stepsister Nellie's cousins JC and James. Nellie has set her sights on JC who is after her money while Maude develops strong feelings towards James. JC begins to fall for Maude and when he learns that she has come into an inheritance bequeathed to her by her mother's former servant/nurse Janet he proposes to her. The complications that follow along with the arrival of a new stepmother add just the right amount of drama to this sweet romance.
- Summary by Celine Major (5 hr 33 min)
Chapters
Chapters 1-2 | 24:52 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapter 3 | 22:53 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 4-5 | 39:09 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 6-7 | 29:01 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapter 8 | 19:36 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapter 9 | 26:38 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 10-11 | 30:30 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 12-13 | 33:03 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 14-15 | 24:50 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 16-17 | 26:31 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 18-19 | 22:45 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapters 20-21 | 33:45 | Read by Celine Major |
Reviews
Joe
The typical story of the foolish woman who marries a tyrant. Sort of long and boring and the lady who reads is clear and easy to understand but doesn't have a lot of expression and is monotonous.
dang good
quentin
Thanks again celine. Im workin my way through everything u read. This ones good. I think i wouldve left her blind tho
sweet
Unknown
But too gloomy. Well done for the narrator.
obx12
OBX12
Good read, as always. Enjoy the journey