A late 19th Century sensation novel following the young life of Ida Palliser as she searches for fortune and love within England's Gentry Class. Victorian sensation books were often set in ordinary, familiar setting, undermining the perceived adherence to social convention. They exposed the true lives of Victorian England's upper class - lives they tried to keep hidden. (summary by James Dow)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
01 - The Articled Pupil
25:04 - Chapter 2
02 - I Am Going to Marry for Money
37:23 - Chapter 3
03 - At the Knoll
25:17 - Chapter 4
04 - Wendover Abbey
23:14 - Chapter 5
05 - Dr. Rylance Asserts Himself
20:03 - Chapter 6
06 - A Birthday Feast
51:34 - Chapter 7
07 - In the River-Meadow
1:08:42 - Chapter 8
08 - At the Lock-house
34:25 - Chapter 9
09 - A Solemn League and Covenant
24:53 - Chapter 10
10 - A Bad Penny
35:53 - Chapter 11
11 - Accomplishments at a Discount
54:23 - Chapter 12
12 - The Sword of Damocles
28:31 - Chapter 13
13 - Kingthorpe Society
33:25 - Chapter 14
14 - The True Knight
1:08:08 - Chapter 15
15 - Mr. Wendover Plans an Excursion
19:09 - Chapter 16
16 - Thicker Than Water
14:53 - Chapter 17
17 - Ought She to Stay?
14:18 - Chapter 18
18 - After a Storm Comes a Calm
11:25 - Chapter 19
19 - After a Calm a Storm
25:11 - Chapter 20
20 - Was This the Motive?
34:40 - Chapter 21
21 - Taking Life Quietly
30:42 - Chapter 22
22 - Lady Palliser Studies the Upper Ten
31:17 - Chapter 23
23 - All Our Life is Mixed With Death
17:25 - Chapter 24
24 - Fruits Fail and Love Dies and Time Ranges
33:51 - Chapter 25
25 - Part 1 My Seed Was Youth, My Crop Was Endless Care
39:17 - Chapter 26
25 - Part 2 My Seed Was Youth, My Crop Was Endless Care
57:26 - Chapter 27
26 - And, If I Die, No Soul Will Pity Me
35:52 - Chapter 28
27 - John Jardine Solves the Mystery
45:47 - Chapter 29
28 - An Englishman's House is His Castle
16:38 - Chapter 30
29 - As One Dead in the Bottom of a Tomb
13:32 - Chapter 31
30 - A Fiery Dawn
15:13 - Chapter 32
31 - Sole Partner and Sole Part of All of These Joys
22:17