Length13h 20m
About this audiobook
Sparkling with wit and humor, The Guardian Angel—first serialized in The Atlantic Monthly—paints a charming portrait of society in a New England country town in the mid-nineteenth century. Homes' inspiration came from his belief that man was a product solely of his heredity and environment.
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Rating★★★★ 4.3 (34)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Fairy Tales and Folklore
Length13 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 15, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1TO MY READERS.
2PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION.
3CHAPTER I. AN ADVERTISEMENT.
4CHAPTER II. GREAT EXCITEMENT
5CHAPTER III. ANTECEDENTS.
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6CHAPTER IV. BYLES GRIDLEY, A. M.
7CHAPTER V. THE TWINS.
8CHAPTER VI. THE USE OF SPECTACLES.
9CHAPTER VII. MYRTLE'S LETTER—THE YOUNG MEN'S PURSUIT.
10CHAPTER VIII. DOWN THE RIVER.
11APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VIII. MYRTLE HAZARD'S STATEMENT.
12CHAPTER IX. MR. CLEMENT LINDSAY RECEIVES A LETTER, AND BEGINS HIS ANSWER.
13CHAPTER X. MR. CLEMENT LINDSAY FINISHES HIS LETTER—WHAT CAME OF IT.
14CHAPTER XI. VEXED WITH A DEVIL.
15CHAPTER XII. SKIRMISHING.
16CHAPTER XIII. BATTLE.
17CHAPTER XIV. FLANK MOVEMENT.
18CHAPTER XV. ARRIVAL OF REINFORCEMENTS.
19CHAPTER XVI. VICTORY.
20CHAPTER XVII. SAINT AND SINNER
21CHAPTER XVIII. VILLAGE POET.
22CHAPTER XIX. SUSAN'S YOUNG MAN.
23CHAPTER XX. THE SECOND MEETING.
24CHAPTER XXI. MADNESS?
25CHAPTER XXII. A CHANGE OF PROGRAMME.
26CHAPTER XXIII. MYRTLE HAZARD AT THE CITY SCHOOL.
27CHAPTER XXIV. MUSTERING OF FORCES.
28CHAPTER XXV. THE POET AND THE PUBLISHER.
29CHAPTER XXVI. MRS. CLYMER KETCHUM'S PARTY.
30CHAPTER XXVII. MINE AND COUNTERMINE.
31CHAPTER XXVIII. MR. BRADSHAW CALLS ON MISS BADLAM
32CHAPTER XXIX. MISTRESS KITTY FAGAN CALLS ON MASTER BYLES GRIDLEY.
33CHAPTER XXX. MASTER BYLES GRIDLEY CALLS ON MISS CYNTHIA BADLAM.
34CHAPTER XXXI. MASTER BYLES GRIDLEY CONSULTS WITH JACOB PENHALLOW, ESQUIRE
35CHAPTER XXXII. SUSAN POSEY'S TRIAL.
36CHAPTER XXXIII. JUST AS YOU EXPECTED.
37CHAPTER XXXIV. MURRAY BRADSHAW PLAYS HIS LAST CARD.
38CHAPTER XXXV. THE SPOTTED PAPER.
39CHAPTER XXXVI. CONCLUSION.
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