The New Abelard (Vol. 1-3) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete EditionBy Robert Williams Buchanan
Length10h 41m
About this audiobook
The New Abelard (Vol. 1-3) is a searching Victorian "triple-decker" novel of belief, desire, and moral experiment, framed by the evocative medieval memory of Abelard and Heloise. Buchanan uses the conventions of intellectual romance—courtship plot, religious debate, social scandal, and inward crisis—to examine the collision between Christian idealism and human passion. Its prose is earnest, rhetorical, and often dramatic, placing it within the late-nineteenth-century tradition of novels of religious doubt and ethical inquiry. Robert Williams Buchanan, Scottish poet, novelist, dramatist, and controversial critic, was unusually equipped to write such a work. Raised in an atmosphere shaped by radical thought, journalism, and dissent, he developed a lifelong interest in the moral responsibilities of art and the spiritual restlessness of modern society. His public battles with aestheticism and his sympathy for social and religious questioning inform the novel's intense concern with sincerity, conscience, and the cost of idealism. This book is recommended to readers interested in Victorian fiction beyond the canonical names: especially those drawn to theological controversy, psychological romance, and the cultural history of doubt. It rewards patience with a richly serious exploration of love, faith, and intellectual integrity.
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- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
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Audiobook details
GenreRomance
Length10 hrs 41 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 11, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Volume 1
3PREFATORY NOTE.
4PROEM
5CHAPTER I.—THE TWO.
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6CHAPTER II.—OLD LETTERS.
7CHAPTER III.—THE BISHOP.
8CHAPTER IV.—WORLDLY COUNSEL.
9CHAPTER V.—‘MRS. MONTMORENCY.’
10CHAPTER VI.—ALMA.
11CHAPTER VII.—A SIDE CURRENT.
12CHAPTER VIII.—MYSTIFICATIONS.
13CHAPTER IX.—FAREWELL TO FENSEA.
14CHAPTER X.—FROM THE POST-BAG.
15Volume 2
16CHAPTER XI.—AN ACTRESS AT HOME
17CHAPTER XII—IN A SICK ROOM.
18CHAPTER XIII.—A RUNAWAY COUPLE.
19CHAPTER XIV.—A MYSTERY.
20CHAPTER XV.—THE COUSINS.
21CHAPTER XVI.—IN THE VESTRY.
22CHAPTER XVII.—COUNTERPLOT.
23CHAPTER XVIII.—A SOLAR BIOLOGIST
24CHAPTER XIX.—EUSTASIA MAPLELEAFE.
25CHAPTER XX.—THE THUNDERCLAP.
26CHAPTER XXI.—THE CONFESSION.
27Volume 3
28CHAPTER XXII—FROM THE POST-BAG.
29CHAPTER XXIII—ALMA’S WANDERINGS
30CHAPTER XXIV—GLIMPSES OF THE UNSEEN.
31CHAPTER XXV—A CATASTROPHE
32CHAPTER XXVI—THE LAST LOOK.
33CHAPTER XXVII—THE SIREN.
34CHAPTER XXVIII—THE ETERNAL CITY
35CHAPTER XXIX.—THE NAMELESS GRAVE.
36CHAPTER XXX—IN PARIS
37CHAPTER XXXI.—AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.
38CHAPTER XXXII.—ANOTHER OLD LETTER.
39CONCLUSION.
40Memorable Quotes
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