Scheherazade, A London Night's Entertainment
By Florence Warden
Length14h 40m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: ""Here, shall we go three in a hansom? "Hansom be hanged! It's a lovely night. Let's walk. "Massey is afraid the loved one will be there before him. "Never fear! A beautiful woman was never yet kept waiting by an Irishman. "Right ye are! And yet there are no men about better worth waiting for," retorted Clarence Massey, amid the laughter of his companions The speakers were three young subalterns, who had been dining in Fitzroy Square with an enthusiastic old soldier who had been a major in their regiment fifteen years before. On learning, three weeks ago, of the arrival of his old regiment at Hounslow, he had sent to all the officers an invitation to dinner, which had been accepted by the Colonel and by such of the rest as were disengaged on the evening named. Clarence Massey, a pale-faced, bright-witted little Irishman; "Dicky" Wood, a tall, thin, weedy-looking young fellow, renowned for the sweetness of his disposition; and George Lauriston, the best-looking man and most promising young soldier in the regiment, were on their way to finish the evening at different entertainments. Lauriston was rather too well-conducted a young fellow to be altogether popular, having been brought up in Scotland, and being too much occupied with his ambitions to shake off a certain amount of reserve and rigidity left by his early training. But, on the other hand, these qualities served to heighten the strong individuality of a character uncommon both in its strength and in its weakness, and to add to that subtle gift of prestige which is so capriciously bestowed by nature. So that now, as in the old time at Sandhurst, his comrades would rather be in his society than in that of companions with whom they had greater sympathy."
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length14 hrs 40 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 3, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I.
17CHAPTER XVII.
2CHAPTER II.
18CHAPTER XVIII.
3CHAPTER III.
19CHAPTER XIX.
4CHAPTER IV.
20CHAPTER XX.
5CHAPTER V.
21CHAPTER XXI.
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6CHAPTER VI.
22CHAPTER XXII.
7CHAPTER VII.
23CHAPTER XXIII.
8CHAPTER VIII.
24CHAPTER XXIV.
9CHAPTER IX.
25CHAPTER XXV.
10CHAPTER X.
26CHAPTER XXVI.
11CHAPTER XI.
27CHAPTER XXVII.
12CHAPTER XII.
28CHAPTER XXVIII.
13CHAPTER XIII.
29CHAPTER XXIX.
14CHAPTER XIV.
30CHAPTER XXX.
15CHAPTER XV.
31CHAPTER XXXI.
16CHAPTER XVI.
32CHAPTER XXXII.
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