The Farringdons (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. An Edwardian Family Drama of Class Tensions, Social Expectations, and the Struggle for Women's FreedomBy Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler
Length9h 25m
About this audiobook
Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler's The Farringdons is a domestic and social novel concerned with the pressures that family loyalty, romantic expectation, and moral principle exert upon individual lives. Set within the recognizable world of the late-Victorian middle classes, it examines how affection and duty can conflict when marriage, reputation, and social advancement become measures of personal worth. Fowler combines carefully observed characterization with polished conversation, irony, and a gently satirical attention to manners. The result belongs to the tradition of the Victorian "novel of ideas," while also anticipating the more psychologically alert domestic fiction of the early twentieth century: its entertainment rests upon plot and personality, but its deeper interest lies in ethical choice. Fowler (1860–1929), an English novelist and poet, developed a distinctive literary identity through fiction that joined social comedy to moral reflection. Her work is marked by an acute awareness of women's restricted choices and of the conventions governing respectable provincial and middle-class life. These concerns, together with her religious and philosophical interests, provide the intellectual background to The Farringdons and help explain its sympathetic yet unsentimental treatment of family relationships. Readers interested in Victorian women's writing, domestic realism, and the cultural history of marriage will find the novel especially rewarding. It offers both an engaging family narrative and a nuanced study of conscience, convention, and emotional independence.
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 (10)
Includes Goodreads
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length9 hrs 25 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 16, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Farringdons (Annotated)
21CHANGES
2CHAPTER I
22CHAPTER XI
3THE OSIERFIELD
23MISS FARRINGDON'S WILL
4CHAPTER II
24CHAPTER XII
5CHRISTOPHER
25"THE DAUGHTERS OF PHILIP"
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6CHAPTER III
26CHAPTER XIII
7MRS. BATESON'S TEA-PARTY
27CECIL FARQUHAR
8CHAPTER IV
28CHAPTER XIV
9SCHOOL-DAYS
29ON THE RIVER
10CHAPTER V
30CHAPTER XV
11THE MOAT HOUSE
31LITTLE WILLIE
12CHAPTER VI
32CHAPTER XVI
13WHIT MONDAY
33THIS SIDE OF THE HILLS
14CHAPTER VII
34CHAPTER XVII
15BROADER VIEWS
35GEORGE FARRINGDON'S SON
16CHAPTER VIII
36CHAPTER XVIII
17GREATER THAN OUR HEARTS
37THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILLS
18CHAPTER IX
38THE END
19FELICIA FINDS HAPPINESS
39Memorable Quotes
20CHAPTER X
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