Standish of Standish (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Story of the PilgrimsBy Jane G. Austin
Length12h 10m
About this audiobook
Jane G. Austin's *Standish of Standish* is a historical novel centered on Miles Standish and the precarious life of Plymouth Colony during its formative years. Combining romance, domestic conflict, religious conviction, and political danger, Austin transforms the familiar Pilgrim settlement into a vivid social world populated by soldiers, dissenters, families, and Indigenous neighbors. Her prose reflects the nineteenth-century historical romance: richly descriptive, morally earnest, and attentive to manners, communal rituals, and the symbolic importance of landscape. The narrative also draws upon the popular legend of Priscilla Mullins and John Alden, using that story to explore loyalty, sacrifice, and the tension between private desire and public duty. Jane Goodwin Austin was a New England writer whose fiction repeatedly revisited the region's colonial past. Her familiarity with local traditions, genealogical lore, and Puritan history helped shape her imaginative reconstruction of Plymouth. Writing in an era fascinated by the nation's origins, Austin sought to make early American history emotionally accessible while preserving its ideals of courage, faith, and communal endurance. Her perspective, however, also reveals the nineteenth century's tendency to romanticize colonial society and simplify Indigenous experience. This book will reward readers interested in historical fiction, women's writing, Puritan culture, and the literary construction of American origins. It is especially valuable for those who wish to examine how legend becomes literature, and how a novelist can turn archival history into an intimate drama of character, belief, and belonging.
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
Rating★★★ 3.5 (34)
Includes Goodreads
GenreHistorical Fiction, Christian & Inspirational
Length12 hrs 10 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 15, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A Rose of a Hundred Leaves
26CHAPTER XIII.
2CHAPTER I.
27THE CAPTAIN'S PROMOTION.
3THE BATTLE OF THE TUBS.
28CHAPTER XIV.
4CHAPTER II.
29SECOND MARRIAGES.
5THE LAUNCH OF THE PINNACE.
30CHAPTER XV.
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6CHAPTER III.
31SAMOSET.
7THE SWORD OF STANDISH.
32CHAPTER XVI.
8CHAPTER IV.
33PRISCILLA MOLINES' LETTER.
9THE LILIES OF FRANCE.
34CHAPTER XVII.
10CHAPTER V.
35AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY.
11AN AWFUL DANGER.
36CHAPTER XVIII.
12CHAPTER VI.
37THE LAST LINK BROKEN.
13THE FIRST ENCOUNTER.
38CHAPTER XIX.
14CHAPTER VII.
39SOWED AND REAPED IN ONE DAY.
15CLARKE'S ISLAND.
40CHAPTER XX.
16CHAPTER VIII.
41FUNERAL—BAKED MEATS AND MARRIAGE FEASTS.
17BURYING HILL.
42CHAPTER XXI.
18CHAPTER IX.
43AN AFFAIR OF HONOR.
19ROSE.
44CHAPTER XXII.
20CHAPTER X.
45THE CAPTAIN'S PIPE.
21A TERRIBLE NIGHT.
46CHAPTER XXIII.
22CHAPTER XI.
47"SPEAK FOR YOURSELF, JOHN!"
23THE COLONISTS OF COLE'S HILL.
48CHAPTER XXIV.
24CHAPTER XII.
49THE MYSTERIOUS GRAVE.
25THE HEADLESS ARROW.
50CHAPTER XXV.
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