Borderland : a country-town chronicle
By Jessie Fothergill
Length36h 3m
About this audiobook
In "Borderland: A Country-Town Chronicle," Jessie Fothergill crafts a vivid and intricate portrayal of rural life, encapsulating the nuanced interplay between tradition and change within a small English town. Fothergill's prose, characterized by a rich descriptive style and keen social observation, offers readers an immersive experience into the daily lives, struggles, and triumphs of her characters. Set against the backdrop of a transforming society at the turn of the 20th century, the novel serves as both a poignant character study and a broader commentary on the effects of modernity on communal ties and personal identities. Jessie Fothergill, a prominent figure in Victorian literature, draws from her own experiences and keen insights into provincial life, which profoundly influenced her writing. Born in an English market town, Fothergill's intimate understanding of local customs and social dynamics is evident throughout "Borderland." Her works often reflect her advocacy for women's roles in society and her narrative choices frequently foreground the complexities of social relationships, positioning her as a pivotal voice in the literary landscape of her time. For readers interested in the intersections of personal and social narratives, "Borderland: A Country-Town Chronicle" is a compelling exploration of rural life that resonates with contemporary issues. Fothergill's deft storytelling and nuanced character development make this novel a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the timeless struggles of connection and identity in a rapidly evolving world.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Historical Fiction
Length36 hrs 3 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 24, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE.
155THE SPHINX.
2THE ANDES.
156RUINS AND PYRAMIDS OF MEROËMEROË.
3CHIMBORAZO.
157PYRAMIDS AND RUINS OF MERAWE.
4COTOPAXI.
158EGYPTIAN TEMPLES AND MONUMENTS.
5PICHINCHA.
159POMPEY’S PILLAR AND CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE.
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6MOUNT ETNA.
160THE CATACOMBS OF ALEXANDRIA.
7MOUNT VESUVIUS.
161BATHING IN THE EAST.
8MOUNT HECLA.
162EGYPTIAN TEMPLES, MONUMENTS, &C.
9THE GEYSERS.
163THE RUINS OF THEBES.
10THE SULPHUR MOUNTAIN.
164LUXOR AND ITS TEMPLE.
11MONT BLANC.
165KARNAK AND ITS RUINS.
12THE GLACIERS, OR ICE MASSES.
166THEBES, AS SEEN IN HISTORY.
13THE MER DE GLACE.
167OTHER RUINS IN EGYPT, &C.
14VIEW FROM THE BUET.
168THE TEMPLE OF DENDERA.
15MONTSERRAT.
169THE TEMPLES OF HERMONTIS AND OF ESNEH.
16THE PEAK OF TENERIFFE.
170ABYDOS, AND THE TEMPLE OF MEMNON.
17THE SOUFFRIERE MOUNTAIN.
171THE TEMPLES OF ABOU SIMBEL.
18PETER BOTTE’S MOUNTAIN.
172THE RIVER NILE.
19KILAUEA.
173THE BARRAGE, OR GREAT DAM OF THE NILE.
20THE PEAK OF DERBYSHIRE.
174THE AFRICAN BIRDS’ NEST.
21ELDEN HOLE.
175RUINS OF PALMYRA.
22PEAK CAVERN.
176RUINS OF BALBEC.
23MAM TOR.
177RUINS OF BABYLON.
24THE EBBING AND FLOWING WELL.
178BABYLONIAN BRICKS.
25ST. ANNE’S WELL.
179LATER DISCOVERIES AT BABYLON.
26THE CRYSTALLIZED CAVERN.
180RUINS OF NINEVEH.
27SPEEDWELL LEVEL.
181THE RUINS OF PERSEPOLIS.
28THE HIGH TOR.
182ROYAL PALACE OF ISPAHAN.
29CHEE TOR.
183THE TEMPLE OF MECCA.
30THE CUMBERLAND CAVERN.
184JACOB’S WELL.
31REYNARD’S HOLE.
185BETHLEHEM.
32THE LOVERS’ LEAP.
186NAZARETH.
33THE MOORS.
187THE HOLY SEPULCHER AT JERUSALEM.
34OTHER ENGLISH CURIOSITIES.
188MOUNT TABOR.
35MOUNTAINS OF GREAT BRITAIN.
189THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.
36BEN NEVIS.
190OTHER REVERED SITES.
37SNOWDON.
191MOUNT CARMEL.
38CADER IDRIS.
192MOUNT ARARAT.
39PENMAN-MAWR.
193THE MOSQUE OF OMAR.
40SKIDDAW.
194MOSQUE OF ST. SOPHIA AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
41WHARNSIDE.
195RUINS OF CARTHAGE.
42STROMBOLI.
196THE PLAIN OF TROY.
43LIPARI.
197ATHENS.
44VULCANO.
198TEMPLES OF ELEPHANTA.
45THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS. BETWEEN INDIA AND THIBET.
199TEMPLES OF SALSETTE.
46GUNGOTREE, THE SOURCE OF THE JUMNA, A BRANCH OF THE GANGES, IN THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS.
200MAUSOLEUM OF HYDER ALI.
47ASIATIC VOLCANOES.
201THE TAJE MAHAL.
48VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS OF KAMTSCHATKA.
202GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
49VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN OF ALBAY.
203PORCELAIN TOWER AT NANKIN.
50ISLANDS WHICH HAVE RISEN FROM THE SEA.
204THE SHOEMADOO AT PEGU.
51THE GROTTA DEL CANE.
205COLOSSAL FIGURE OF JUPITER PLUVIUS, OR THE APENNINE JUPITER.
52GROTTO OF ANTIPAROS.
206THE LEANING, OR HANGING TOWER OF PISA, IN TUSCANY.
53CAVERNS IN GERMANY AND HUNGARY, CONTAINING FOSSIL BONES.
207THE COLISEUM AT ROME.
54THE MAMMOTH CAVE.
208THE PANTHEON.
55THE GREAT CAVERN OF GUACHARO.
209ROMAN AMPHITHEATER AT NISMES.
56FINGAL’S CAVE, OR GRAND STAFFA CAVERN.
210TRAJAN’S PILLAR.
57OTHER GROTTOS AND CAVERNS.
211COLUMN OF ANTONINE.
58MINES, METALS, GEMS, &C.
212MAISON CARRE, AT NISMES.
59DIAMOND MINES.
213THE PONT DU GARD.
60GOLD AND SILVER MINES.[4]
214ANCIENT AQUEDUCT NEAR ROME.
61QUICKSILVER MINES.
215THE ROMAN FORUM.
62IRON MINES.
216THE ARCH OF SEVERUS.
63COPPER MINES.
217THE ARCH OF TITUS.
64TIN MINES.
218THE CAPITOL.
65LEAD MINES.
219THE MUSEUM OF THE CAPITOL.
66COAL MINES.
220ST. PETER’S OF ROME.
67SALT MINES.
221THE SOIL OF ROME.
68SALT MINES OF CRACOW.
222EDDYSTONE LIGHT-HOUSE.
69SALT MINES AND SPRINGS OF CHESHIRE, ENGLAND.
223BELL ROCK LIGHT-HOUSE.
70SALTNESS OF THE SEA.
224STONEHENGE.
71CONGELATION OF SEA-WATER.
225ROCKING STONES.
72ICE-ISLANDS.
226THE ROUND TOWERS OF IRELAND.
73ICEBERGS.
227ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL.
74LUMINOUS POINTS IN THE SEA.
228THE FIRST CHURCH IN ENGLAND.
75TIDES AND CURRENTS.
229WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
76FALLS OF NIAGARA.
230CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME.
77FALLS OF THE MONTMORENCI.
231STRASBURG CATHEDRAL.
78THE TUCCOA FALL.
232CATHEDRAL OF COLOGNE.
79FALLS OF THE MISSOURI.
233CHURCH OF ST. MARK, AT VENICE.
80CATSKILL FALLS.
234THE CATHEDRAL OF MILAN.
81TRENTON FALLS.
235THE TOWER OF LONDON.
82WATERFALL OF SOUTH AFRICA.
236THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
83CATARACTS OF THE NILE.
237THE MONUMENT.
84CATARACT OF THE MENDER.
238THE LOUVRE.
85ST. WINIFRED’S WELL.
239THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
86WIGAN WELL.
240MADAME TUSSEAU’S MUSEUM.
87DROPPING WELL AT KNARESBOROUGH.
241THE PALACE OF BLENHEIM.
88BROSELEY SPRING.
242THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES.
89HOT SPRINGS OF ST. MICHAEL.
243THE PALACE OF ST. CLOUD.
90HOT SPRINGS OF THE TROAD.
244THE CRYSTAL PALACE IN NEW YORK.
91PITCH LAKE OF TRINIDAD.
245THE CRYSTAL PALACE IN LONDON.
92MUD LAKE OF JAVA.
246THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON.
93SALT LAKE OF UTAH.
247THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE.
94METEORS.
248THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
95AEROLITES.
249THE COLUMN OF VENDOME, PARIS.
96AURORA BOREALIS AND AURORA AUSTRALIS.
250THE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.
97LUMEN BOREALE, OR STREAMING LIGHTS.
251THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE.
98LUMINOUS ARCHES.
252THE COOPER INSTITUTE.
99IGNES FATUI, OR MOCK FIRES.
253VERGNAIS’S IMPROVED BRIDGE.
100SPECTER OF THE BROCKEN.
254RAILROAD BRIDGE AT PORTAGE, NEW YORK.
101THE MIRAGE.
255THE BRITANNIA TUBULAR BRIDGE.
102FATA MORGANA.
256THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
103ATMOSPHERICAL REFRACTION.
257GREAT RAILWAY SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT NIAGARA FALLS.
104PARHELIA, OR MOCK SUNS.
258OTHER IMMENSE BRIDGES.
105LUNAR RAINBOW.
259THE HIGH BRIDGE AT HARLEM.
106CONCENTRIC RAINBOWS.
260THE BOSTON RESERVOIR.
107THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
261AQUEDUCT AT THE PEAT FOREST CANAL.
108REMARKABLE THUNDER-STORMS.
262THE THAMES TUNNEL.
109HAIL-STORMS.
263RAILROAD TUNNELS.
110HURRICANES.
264THE COLOSSUS AT RHODES.
111THE MONSOONS.
265YOULE’S SHOT-TOWER.
112WHIRLWINDS AND WATERSPOUTS.
266THE EMPEROR FOUNTAIN.
113SOUNDS AND ECHOES.
267THE UNITED STATES MINT IN PHILADELPHIA.
114THE YANAR, OR PERPETUAL FIRE.
268THE AIR BALLOON.
115POMPEII.
269THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION.
116THE MUSEUM AT NAPLES.
270STEAM NAVIGATION.
117HERCULANEUM.
271CHINESE JUNKS.
118POMPEII.
272THE ARTESIAN WELL OF GRENELLE.
119THE MUSEUM.
273THE BANYAN-TREE.
120HERCULANEUM.
274THE WEDDED BANYAN-TREE.
121EARTHQUAKES OF ANCIENT TIMES.
275THE COCOA-TREE.
122EARTHQUAKE IN CALABRIA.
276THE REINDEER SLEDGE.
123THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE OF 1755.
277THE UPAS, OR POISON-TREE.
124EARTHQUAKES IN SICILY, AND IN THE TWO CALABRIAS.
278THE PRAIRIE ON FIRE.
125EARTHQUAKES IN PERU, &c.
279THE MAMMOTH TREE OF CALIFORNIA.
126EARTHQUAKE IN VENEZUELA.
280OTHER MAMMOTH TREES.
127ISLAND OF JAVA.
281THE PALM-TREE.
128THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY.
282THE BAMBOO-TREE.
129BASALTIC COLUMNS.
283THE MANNA-TREE.
130NATURAL BRIDGES OF ICONONZO.
284CONTINENTAL MONEY.
131NATURAL BRIDGE IN VIRGINIA.
285THE MILK-TREE.
132BESSELY GHAUT.
286THE TELEGRAPH.
133THE CAPE OF THE WINDS.
287THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
134THE NORTH CAPE.
288THE ART OF PRINTING.
135PRECIPICES OF SAN ANTONIA.
289THE INDIA-RUBBER TREE.
136EXTRANEOUS FOSSILS.
290THE ROUND TOWER AT NEWPORT.
137FOSSIL CROCODILES.
291DIVING ARMOR.
138LARGE FOSSIL ANIMAL OF MAESTRICHT.
292TREE-HOUSE IN CAFFRARIA.
139FOSSIL REMAINS OF RUMINANTIA.
293THE RAINING-TREE.
140FOSSIL REMAINS OF ELEPHANTS.
294THE TRAVELER’S FRIEND.
141FOSSIL REMAINS OF THE MASTODON.
295THE CAMPHOR-TREE.
142FOSSIL REMAINS OF THE RHINOCEROS.
296THE CINNAMON-PLANT.
143FOSSIL REMAINS OF THE SIBERIAN MAMMOTH.
297THE TREE TEMPLE.
144FOSSIL SHELLS.
298THE TERMITES, OR WHITE ANTS.
145SUBTERRANEAN FORESTS.
299HUTS IN KAMTSCHATKA.
146MOORS, MOSSES AND BOGS.
300THE WHALE.
147CORAL REEFS AND ISLANDS.
301LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS.
148ASIATIC DESERTS.
302PLYMOUTH ROCK.
149ARABIAN DESERTS.
303A WONDER OF ART.
150AFRICAN DESERTS.
304THE WHALE-KILLER.
151PILGRIMAGE ACROSS THE DESERTS.
305A PILE OF SERPENTS.
152SANDS OF THE DESERT.
306AMERICAN RUINS.
153THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT.
307INSECT SLAVERY.
154THE TOMBS AT SAKKARA.
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