Length12h 20m
About this audiobook
Anthony Hope has written two kinds of stories; one interesting for the civilised detail, the other for the situation and plot. When we read the first kind we do not care about the result, and we don't get excited. If we have plenty of leisure and care for little turns of expression, feeling, and thought, and care a great deal for clean and pleasant society, we are content with books like "The Dolly Dialogues." The mixture of tolerance, urbanity, and cynicism is just right for the idle person of refinement who does not want to do anything very difficult; even regards to feeling and thinking. The other kind of book vein that Mr. Hope has done well is the romantic story of adventure: as "The Prisoner of Zenda," where we are hurried along by a string of exciting impossibilities. "The Intrusions of Peggy" is a mixture of these two manners. It has the Hope quality in the details—the indirect, civilised suggestiveness, the lightness, the touch of the mere stylist. One could make pertinent quotations ad infinitum. It has the other element, too, like intrigue and some excitement.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length12 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 15, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I LIFE IS RECOMMENDED
2CHAPTER II COMING NEAR THE FIRE
3CHAPTER III IN DANES INN
4CHAPTER IV 'FROM THE MIDST OF THE WHIRL'
5CHAPTER V THE WORLD RECALCITRANT
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6CHAPTER VI CHILDREN OF SHADOW
7CHAPTER VII A DANGEROUS GAME
8CHAPTER VIII USURPERS ON THE THRONE
9CHAPTER IX BRUISES AND BALM
10CHAPTER X CONCERNING A CERTAIN CHINA VASE
11CHAPTER XI THE MIXTURE AS BEFORE
12CHAPTER XII HOT HEADS AND COOL
13CHAPTER XIII JUSTIFICATION NUMBER FOUR
14CHAPTER XIV A HOUSE OF REFUGE
15CHAPTER XV NOT EVERYBODY'S FOOTBALL
16CHAPTER XVI MORAL LESSONS
17CHAPTER XVII THE PERJURER
18CHAPTER XVIII AN AUNT—AND A FRIEND
19CHAPTER XIX 'NO MORE THAN A GLIMMER'
20CHAPTER XX PURELY BUSINESS
21CHAPTER XXI THE WHIP ON THE PEG
22CHAPTER XXII THE PHILOSOPHY OF IT
23CHAPTER XXIII THE LAST KICK
24CHAPTER XXIV TO THE SOUL SHOP
25CHAPTER XXV RECONCILIATION
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