Revelations of a Wife


Read by Maire Rhode

(4.4 stars; 23 reviews)

Adele Garrison was the nom de plume of Nana Springer White, an American writer. Her career included time as a schoolteacher in Milwaukee. She later worked as an editor for the Milwaukee Sentinel and then a reporter and writer for the Chicago Examiner and Chicago American.

"Revelations of a Wife" ran as a serial story in her daily newspaper column in multiple American newspapers from 1915 until the Depression. It told the story of the marital ups and downs of Margaret "Madge" Graham, an independent-minded former schoolteacher, and her husband Dicky, an artist. At the height of the story's popularity, it had one million regular readers. (Summary by Wikipedia) (11 hr 47 min)

Chapters

"I will be happy! I will! I will!" 8:28 Read by Maire Rhode
The First Quarrel 11:59 Read by Maire Rhode
Known to Fame as Lillian Gale 17:51 Read by Maire Rhode
Divided Opinions 10:50 Read by Maire Rhode
"Always your Jack" 11:54 Read by Maire Rhode
A Maid and Model 17:19 Read by Maire Rhode
A Friendly Warning 15:45 Read by Maire Rhode
A Tragedy Averted 16:08 Read by Maire Rhode
The Girl on the Train 14:10 Read by Maire Rhode
"Grace by name and grace by nature" 22:28 Read by Maire Rhode
"I owe you too much" 14:48 Read by Maire Rhode
Lost and Found 22:15 Read by Maire Rhode
"If you aren't cross and displeased" 19:25 Read by Maire Rhode
A Quarrel and a Crisis 12:29 Read by Maire Rhode
"But I love you" 15:52 Read by Maire Rhode
Interrupted Sightseeing 16:46 Read by Maire Rhode
A Danger and a Problem 19:01 Read by Maire Rhode
"Call me Mother--if you can" 21:43 Read by Maire Rhode
Lillian Underwood's Story 27:22 Read by Maire Rhode
Little Miss Sonnot's Opportunity 16:08 Read by Maire Rhode
Life's Jog-Trot and a Quarrel 16:54 Read by Maire Rhode
An Amazing Discovery 19:07 Read by Maire Rhode
"Bluebeard's closet" 14:19 Read by Maire Rhode
A Summer of Happiness That Ends in Fear 20:20 Read by Maire Rhode
Playing the Game 23:30 Read by Maire Rhode
A Voice That Carried far 15:51 Read by Maire Rhode
:How nearly I lost you!" 20:15 Read by Maire Rhode
A Dark Night and a Troubled Dawn 19:06 Read by Maire Rhode
"But you will never know---" 13:53 Read by Maire Rhode
The Weeks That Followed 7:42 Read by Maire Rhode
A Mysterious Stranger 16:47 Read by Maire Rhode
"The dearest friend I ever had" 19:00 Read by Maire Rhode
"Mother" Graham Has Something to Say 13:08 Read by Maire Rhode
A Message From The Past 12:11 Read by Maire Rhode
The Word of Jack 17:19 Read by Maire Rhode
"And yet--" 14:46 Read by Maire Rhode
A Change in Lillian Underwood 16:21 Read by Maire Rhode
"No--nurse--just--Lillian" 16:04 Read by Maire Rhode
Harry Calls to Say Good-Bye 15:21 Read by Maire Rhode
Madge Faces The Past and Hears a Door Softly Close 10:40 Read by Maire Rhode
Why Did Dicky Go? 22:08 Read by Maire Rhode
Days That Creep Slowly By 19:37 Read by Maire Rhode
"Take me home" 10:00 Read by Maire Rhode

Reviews

recommend


(4 stars)

Fine narration. A little slow in parts but that might be me. The wife is maddeningly long-suffering but thank god she breaks from her passivity when pushed too far. 3 dimensional character. Thumbs up.


(3.5 stars)

Interesting take on marriage. Can’t say I disagree entirely; but then that’s what makes story-telling so engaging.

Great book. Lovely to be taken back to such old times


(5 stars)


(5 stars)

Interesting story of a past era and perfectly read.