Inspired by the real life story of Caroline Norton, a friend of the author's, this book tells about a lively woman who is trapped in a miserable marriage. Yet Diana is not one to give up in her quest for love, happiness and fulfillment. - Summary by Stav Nisser
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Chapter 1: Of Diaries and Diarists Touching the Heroine
37:12 - Chapter 2
Chapter 2: An Irish Ball
26:05 - Chapter 3
Chapter 3: The Interior of Mr. Redworth, and the Exterior of Mr. Sullivan Smith
18:16 - Chapter 4
Chapter 4: Containing Hints of Diana's Experiences and of what They Led to
31:16 - Chapter 5
Chapter 5: Concerning the Scrupulous Gentleman who Came Too Late
22:36 - Chapter 6
Chapter 6: The Couple
20:42 - Chapter 7
Chapter 7: The Crisis
20:55 - Chapter 8
Chapter 8: In which is Exhibited How a Practical Man and a Divining Woman Learn to Respect One Another
33:54 - Chapter 9
Chapter 9: Shows How a Position of Delicacy for a Lady and Gentleman was Met in Simple Fashion Without Hurt to Either
20:51 - Chapter 10
Chapter 10: The Conflict of the Night
11:00 - Chapter 11
Chapter 11: Recounts the Journey in a Chariot, with a Certain Amount of Dialogue, and a Small Incident on the Road
16:35 - Chapter 12
Chapter 12: Between Emma and Diana
15:03 - Chapter 13
Chapter 13: Touching the First Days of Her Probation
22:10 - Chapter 14
Chapter 14: Giving Glimpses of Diana Under Her Cloud Before the World and of Her Further Apprenticeship
33:39 - Chapter 15
Chapter 15: Introduces the Hon. Percy Dacier
28:26 - Chapter 16
Chapter 16: Treats of a Midnight Bell, and of a Scene of Early Morning
35:02 - Chapter 17
Chapter 17: 'The Princess Egeria'
25:37 - Chapter 18
Chapter 18: The Authoress
21:00 - Chapter 19
Chapter 19: A Drive in Sunlight and a Drive in Moonlight
26:06 - Chapter 20
Chapter 20: Diana a Night-Watch in the Chamber of Death
19:36 - Chapter 21
Chapter 21: 'The Young Minister of State'
25:17 - Chapter 22
Chapter 22: Between Diana and Dacier: The Wind East Over Bleak Land
18:07 - Chapter 23
Chapter 23: Records a Visit to Diana from One of the World’s Good Women
20:25 - Chapter 24
Chapter 24: Indicates a Soul Prepared for Desperation
15:25 - Chapter 25
Chapter 25: Once More the Crossways and a Change of Turnings
19:42 - Chapter 26
Chapter 26: In which a Disappointed Lover Receives a Multitude of Lessons
27:35 - Chapter 27
Chapter 27: Contains Matter for Subsequent Explosion
36:27 - Chapter 28
Chapter 28: Dialogue Round the Subject of a Portrait, with Some Indications of the Task for Diana
30:59 - Chapter 29
Chapter 29: Shows the Approaches of the Political and the Domestic Crisis in Company
34:10 - Chapter 30
Chapter 30: In which There is a Taste of a Little Dinner and an Aftertaste
20:29 - Chapter 31
Chapter 31: A Chapter Containing Great Political News and Therewith an Intrusion of the Love-God
11:29 - Chapter 32
Chapter 32: Wherein We Behold a Giddy Turn at the Spectral Crossways
14:03 - Chapter 33
Chapter 33: Exhibits the Springing of a Mine in a Newspaper Article
15:32 - Chapter 34
Chapter 34: In which it is Darkly Seen How the Criminal's Judge May Be Love's Criminal
17:34 - Chapter 35
Chapter 35: Reveals How the True Heroine of Romance Comes Finally to Her, Time of Triumph
21:53 - Chapter 36
Chapter 36: Is Conclusive as to the Heartlessness of Women with Brains
21:02 - Chapter 37
Chapter 37: An Exhibition of Some Champions of the Stricken Lady
22:31 - Chapter 38
Chapter 38: Convalescence of a Healthy Mind Distraught
14:41 - Chapter 39
Chapter 39: Of Nature with One of Her Cultivated Daughters and a Short Excursion in Anti-Climax
30:07 - Chapter 40
Chapter 40: In which We See Nature Making of a Woman a Maid Again, and a Thrice Whimsical
25:56 - Chapter 41
Chapter 41: Contains a Revelation of the Origin of the Tigress in Diana
18:42 - Chapter 42
Chapter 42: The Penultimate: Showing a Final Struggle for Liberty and Run into Harness
24:42 - Chapter 43
Chapter 43: Nuptial Chapter; and of How a Barely Willing Woman was Led to Bloom with the Nuptial Sentiment
32:27