Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax
Harriet Parr
50 chapters · 14 h 41 min · English
Read by Julian Pratley, Steven Jon Peterson, Jdb4388, Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth, Alix Grace, Jessica Hendra and others
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This is the coming of age story of Bessie Fairfax. A story about a girl who learns to see the world is it is and navigate in it. This is a vivid and charming story by Harriet Parr, who wrote under the pseudonym of Holm Lee. She was a best selling author in her days, admired even by Charles Dickens. Her descriptions of the English town, which was fast disappearing due to the industrial revolution, reminds one of novels by Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot. - Summary by Stav Nisser.
Chapters
1 Chapter 1: HER BIRTH AND PARENTAGE 11 min 2 Chapter 2: THE LAWYER'S LETTER 14 min 3 Chapter 3: THE COMMUNITY OF BEECHHURST 31 min 4 Chapter 4: A RIDE WITH THE DOCTOR 16 min 5 Chapter 5: GREAT-ASH FORD 18 min 6 Chapter 6: AGAINST HER INCLINATION 24 min 7 Chapter 7: HER FATE IS SEALED 14 min 8 Chapter 8: BESSIE'S FRIENDS AT BROOK 23 min 9 Chapter 9: FAREWELL TO THE FOREST 6 min 10 Chapter 10: BESSIE GOES INTO EXILE 22 min 11 Chapter 11: SCHOOL-DAYS AT CAEN 21 min 12 Chapter 12: IN COURSE OF TIME 33 min 13 Chapter 13: BESSIE LEARNS A FAMILY SECRET 10 min 14 Chapter 14: ON BOARD THE FOAM 20 min 15 Chapter 15: A LITTLE CHAPTER BY THE WAY 8 min 16 Chapter 16: A LOST OPPORTUNITY 17 min 17 Chapter 17: BESSIE'S BRINGING HOME 23 min 18 Chapter 18: THE NEXT MORNING 15 min 19 Chapter 19: NEIGHBORS TO ABBOTSMEAD 21 min 20 Chapter 20: PAST AND PRESENT 23 min 21 Chapter 21: A DISCOVERY 14 min 22 Chapter 22: PRELIMINARIES 20 min 23 Chapter 23: BESSIE SHOWS CHARACTER 13 min 24 Chapter 24: A QUIET POLICY 8 min 25 Chapter 25: A DINNER AT BRENTWOOD 29 min 26 Chapter 26: A MORNING AT BRENTWOOD 17 min 27 Chapter 27: SOME DOUBTS AND FEARS 18 min 28 Chapter 28: IN MINSTER COURT 14 min 29 Chapter 29: LADY LATIMER IN WOLDSHIRE 18 min 30 Chapter 30: MY LADY REVISITS OLD SCENES 14 min 31 Chapter 31: A SUCCESS AND A REPULSE 34 min 32 Chapter 32: A HARD STRUGGLE 6 min 33 Chapter 33: A VISIT TO CASTLEMOUNT 25 min 34 Chapter 34: BESSIE'S PEACEMAKING 15 min 35 Chapter 35: ABBOTSMEAD IN SHADOW 17 min 36 Chapter 36: DIPLOMATIC 9 min 37 Chapter 37: SUNDAY MORNING AT BEECHHURST 18 min 38 Chapter 38: SUNDAY EVENING AT BROOK 28 min 39 Chapter 39: AT FAIRFIELD 14 min 40 Chapter 40: ANOTHER RIDE WITH THE DOCTOR 13 min 41 Chapter 41: FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES 11 min 42 Chapter 42: HOW FRIENDS MAY FALL OUT 10 min 43 Chapter 43: BETWEEN THEMSELVES 16 min 44 Chapter 44: A LONG, DULL DAY 18 min 45 Chapter 45: THE SQUIRE'S WILL 14 min 46 Chapter 46: TENDER AND TRUE 29 min 47 Chapter 47: GOODNESS PREVAILS 14 min 48 Chapter 48: CERTAIN OPINIONS 15 min 49 Chapter 49: BESSIE'S LAST RIDE WITH THE DOCTOR 18 min 50 Chapter 50: FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE 22 min
