The setting is a small English village in the 19th century. When her niece shows up on her doorstep unexpectedly, a quiet spinster finds her life turned upside down. (Summary by Linda Andrus)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Ch 1 MISS OCTAVIA BASSETT
09:41 - Chapter 2
Ch 2 "AN INVESTMENT, ANYWAY"
10:25 - Chapter 3
Ch 3 L'ARGENTVILLE
07:21 - Chapter 4
Ch 4 LADY THEOBALD
09:49 - Chapter 5
Ch 5 LUCIA
10:50 - Chapter 6
Ch 6 ACCIDENTAL
14:36 - Chapter 7
Ch 7 "I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF SLOWBRIDGE"
08:50 - Chapter 8
Ch 8 SHARES LOOKING UP
13:53 - Chapter 9
Ch 9 WHITE MUSLIN
07:28 - Chapter 10
Ch 10 ANNOUNCING MR. BAROLD
11:52 - Chapter 11
Ch 11 A SLIGHT INDISCRETION
07:09 - Chapter 12
Ch 12 AN INVITATION
09:12 - Chapter 13
Ch 13 INTENTIONS
09:25 - Chapter 14
Ch 14 A CLERICAL VISIT
07:20 - Chapter 15
Ch 15 SUPERIOR ADVANTAGES
09:18 - Chapter 16
Ch 16 CROQUET
09:22 - Chapter 17
Ch 17 ADVANTAGES
14:54 - Chapter 18
Ch 18 CONTRAST
06:37 - Chapter 19
Ch 19 AN EXPERIMENT
10:43 - Chapter 20
Ch 20 PECULIAR TO NEVADA
13:38 - Chapter 21
Ch 21 LORD LANSDOWNE
09:21 - Chapter 22
Ch 22 "YOU HAVE MADE IT LIVELIER"
14:11 - Chapter 23
Ch 23 "MAY I GO?"
08:40 - Chapter 24
Ch 24 THE GARDEN PARTY
09:01 - Chapter 25
Ch 25 "SOMEBODY ELSE"
09:29 - Chapter 26
Ch 26 "JACK"
08:02