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From Jest to Earnest

Public domain audiobook

From Jest to Earnest

by Edward P. Roe

English· 13:16:57· 37 chapters
As a practical joke at a house party, a young and beautiful socialite tries to make a fool out of a visiting young missionary to amuse her friends. She pretends to be a seeker in order to win his affections, but gets a lot more than she bargained for... - Summary by LikeManyWaters

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    A Practical Joke

    23:47
  2. Chapter 2

    The Victim

    17:07
  3. Chapter 3

    Puzzled And Interested

    19:21
  4. Chapter 4

    A Little Pagan

    25:58
  5. Chapter 5

    Plain Talk

    19:12
  6. Chapter 6

    A Sleigh-Ride And Something More

    27:31
  7. Chapter 7

    Another Spell Than Beauty's

    20:11
  8. Chapter 8

    Finding One's Level

    15:37
  9. Chapter 9

    ''The Other Set''

    21:18
  10. Chapter 10

    Human Nature

    18:56
  11. Chapter 11

    A Possible Tragedy

    18:37
  12. Chapter 12

    Miss Marsden Asks Sombre Questions

    18:56
  13. Chapter 13

    A Lover Quenched

    16:34
  14. Chapter 14

    Lottie A Mysterious Problem

    16:28
  15. Chapter 15

    Hemstead Sees ''Our Set''

    21:22
  16. Chapter 16

    How Woman Makes Or Mars

    18:05
  17. Chapter 17

    Midnight Vigils

    25:01
  18. Chapter 18

    Hemstead's Heavy Gun And Its Recoil

    24:33
  19. Chapter 19

    The Preacher Taught By The Pagan

    46:40
  20. Chapter 20

    The Dawning Light

    10:15
  21. Chapter 21

    Misunderstood

    23:38
  22. Chapter 22

    ''You Must Wait And See''

    21:54
  23. Chapter 23

    A Rationalist Of The Old School

    18:34
  24. Chapter 24

    The Terror Of A Great Fear

    09:29
  25. Chapter 25

    A True Knight

    15:08
  26. Chapter 26

    On A Crumbling Ice-Floe

    19:38
  27. Chapter 27

    The Meeting And Greeting

    21:47
  28. Chapter 28

    The Trail Of Love

    33:59
  29. Chapter 29

    Hemstead's Advice, And Lottie's Colors

    13:34
  30. Chapter 30

    Around The Yule-Log

    41:46
  31. Chapter 31

    Under The Mistletoe

    11:12
  32. Chapter 32

    The Christmas Sunday

    10:44
  33. Chapter 33

    The End Of The ''Jest''

    20:11
  34. Chapter 34

    Loyal

    18:45
  35. Chapter 35

    Mr. Dimmerly Concludes To ''Meddle''

    25:08
  36. Chapter 36

    A Night In The Snow

    41:12
  37. Chapter 37

    In Earnest

    24:49