Joanna Traill, Spinster
Annie E. Holdsworth
Read by Ashley Sue Murphy
Timid Joanna Traill’s every move is dictated by her overbearing sisters. Then she meets Mr. Boas, a man who works to give “fallen” women a chance at a better life. Through Mr. Boas, Joanna has the opportunity to take in as a ward a girl from a troubled background. When she takes Christine under her wing, her lonely, monotonous life starts to change for the better, and she learns to assert herself and live on her own terms, not her sisters’.
As the years pass, Christine gets to know Mr. Bevan, a friend of Mr. Boas’s, and eventually the two fall in love. Joanna advises her that she must tell Mr. Bevan of her past. Joanna also comes to realize that she regards Mr. Boas as more than a friend. How will Mr. Bevan react to Christine’s news? And will Mr. Boas return Joanna’s love? - Summary by Scarbo (4 hr 38 min)
Chapters
Chapter 1. A Question of Settlements | 13:46 | Read by Ashley Sue Murphy |
Chapter 2. Some Advantages of Philanthropy | 17:56 | Read by Ashley Sue Murphy |
Chapter 3. An Enthusiast | 13:40 | Read by Ashley Sue Murphy |
Chapter 4. Miss Traill Finds an Excuse for Leaving | 21:53 | Read by Ashley Sue Murphy |
Chapter 5. High Art | 17:19 | Read by Ashley Sue Murphy |
Chapter 6. The Apotheosis of Christine | 40:10 | Read by Ashley Sue Murphy |
Chapter 7. A Ring of Smoke | 18:12 | Read by Ashley Sue Murphy |
Chapter 8. Olympia | 17:07 | Read by Ashley Sue Murphy |
Chapter 9. "Oh, Lyric Love" | 16:26 | Read by Ashley Sue Murphy |
Chapter 10. The Dead Past | 18:22 | Read by Ashley Sue Murphy |
Chapter 11. Storm | 12:07 | Read by Ashley Sue Murphy |
Chapter 12. Midnight London | 14:43 | Read by Ashley Sue Murphy |
Chapter 13. Don Quixote | 15:01 | Read by Ashley Sue Murphy |
Chapter 14. The Magdalen | 21:20 | Read by Ashley Sue Murphy |
Chapter 15. Joanna Traill, Spinster | 20:41 | Read by Ashley Sue Murphy |