Set in late 1600's England, the story follows the life of a woman living an unconventional life. The loves of her life and all of its ups and downs are included. (Summary by Linda Andrus)
Chapters
1 00 - Preface 1 min 2 01 - Chapter I -- The twenty-fourth day of November 1690 17 min 3 02 - Chapter II -- In which Sir Jeoffry encounters his offspring 23 min 4 03 - Chapter III -- Wherein Sir Jeoffry's boon companions drink a toast 20 min 5 04 - Chapter IV -- Lord Twemlow's chaplain visits his patron's kinsman, and Mistress Clorinda shines on her birthday night 27 min 6 05 - Chapter V -- 'Not I,' said she. 'There thou mayst trust me. I would not be found out.' 23 min 7 06 - ChapterVI -- Relating how Mistress Anne discovered a miniature 26 min 8 07 - Chapter VII -- 'Twas the face of Sir John Oxon the moon shone upon 21 min 9 08 - Chapter VIII -- Two meet in the deserted rose garden, and the old Earl of Dunstanwolde is made a happy man 34 min 10 09 -Chapter IX -- 'I give to him the thing he craves with all his soul -- myself' 15 min 11 10 - Chapter X -- 'Yes -- I have marked him' 19 min 12 11 - Chapter XI -- Wherein a noble life comes to an end 32 min 13 12 - Chapter XII -- Which treats of the obsequies of my Lord of Dunstanwolde, of his lady's widowhood, and of her return to town 16 min 14 13 - Chapter XIII -- Wherein a deadly war begins 29 min 15 14 - Chapter XIV -- Containing the history of the breaking of the horse Devil, and relates the returning of his Grace of Osmonde from France 34 min 16 15 - Chapter XV -- In which Sir John Oxon finds again a trophy he had lost 28 min 17 16 - Chapter XVI -- Dealing with that which was done in the Panelled Parlour 30 min 18 17 - Chapter XVII -- Wherein his Grace of Osmonde's courier arrives from France 30 min 19 18 - Chapter XVIII -- My Lady Dunstanwolde sits late alone and writes 13 min 20 19 - Chapter XIX -- A piteous story is told, and the old cellars walled in 27 min 21 20 - Chapter XX -- A noble marriage 19 min 22 21 - Chapter XXI -- An heir is born 28 min 23 22 - Chapter XXII -- Mother Anne 12 min 24 23 - Chapter XXIII -- 'In One who will do justice, and demands that it shall be done to each thing He has made, by each who bears His image' 21 min 25 24 - Chapter XXIV -- The doves sate upon the window-ledge and lowly cooed and cooed 32 min
