Beth Norvell (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Western NovelBy Randall Parrish
Length9h 39m
About this audiobook
Beth Norvell is a vigorous romance of the American West, set amid the raw social energies of a mining frontier where ambition, violence, class aspiration, and personal honor collide. Parrish combines melodramatic incident with the brisk pacing of popular adventure fiction, while giving his heroine an unusual prominence for the period: Beth is not merely an object of rescue, but a figure through whom questions of reputation, courage, and self-command are tested. The novel belongs to the early twentieth-century tradition of frontier romance, poised between dime-novel excitement and a more polished historical realism. Randall Parrish, born in Illinois in 1858, was among the prolific American storytellers who transformed regional history and frontier memory into accessible fiction. His experience in journalism and his lifelong interest in American expansion helped shape his narrative method: swift action, strongly marked moral conflict, and an eye for the theatrical possibilities of unsettled communities. Beth Norvell reflects Parrish's fascination with the West as both historical place and imaginative proving ground. Readers drawn to classic Western romance, strong-willed heroines, and fiction that captures the moral drama of frontier society will find Beth Norvell rewarding. It is especially suited to those interested in popular American literature before the modern Western became fully standardized.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, Action and Adventure
Length9 hrs 39 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 10, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Beyond the Frontier (Annotated)
18CHAPTER XVI
2A TALE OF THE WEST
19CHAPTER XVII
3CHAPTER I
20CHAPTER XVIII
4CHAPTER II
21CHAPTER XIX
5CHAPTER III
22CHAPTER XX
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6CHAPTER IV
23CHAPTER XXI
7CHAPTER V
24CHAPTER XXII
8CHAPTER VI
25CHAPTER XXIII
9CHAPTER VII
26CHAPTER XXIV
10CHAPTER VIII
27CHAPTER XXV
11CHAPTER IX
28CHAPTER XXVI
12CHAPTER X
29CHAPTER XXVII
13CHAPTER XI
30CHAPTER XXVIII
14CHAPTER XII
31CHAPTER XXIX
15CHAPTER XIII
32CHAPTER XXX
16CHAPTER XIV
33Memorable Quotes
17CHAPTER XV
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