The Wishing Carpet

By Ruth Comfort Mitchell

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The story centers around Glen Darrow, a young girl with vivid red hair, and Luke Manders, a wild young man from the mountains. When Glen is 6 years old, her mother points out an exotic rug in their home that she has wished on for years, hoping it would grant her things she could never have. Glen says she will wish on it properly when the time comes. Years later, Glen's father, a doctor, encounters Luke Manders, a fierce and arrogant mountain youth, while visiting Luke's great-grandmother. Despite Luke's hostility, Glen's father sees potential in the boy and tries unsuccessfully to persuade Luke to leave the mountains and get an education. After the great-grandmother dies, a wounded Luke shows up at the doctor's home, compelled by her dying wish. The doctor and Glen take Luke in and care for him. Luke reluctantly agrees to live in town, work at the mill, and get some schooling. He makes rapid progress, while Glen grows up determined to help the less fortunate mountain people and mill workers. She plans to marry Luke when she turns 19, per her father's wish. On her 19th birthday, Luke is made mill superintendent and declares he will own the mill within 5 years. (Amazon)

Family Coming of Age Small Town Identity Rebellion

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GenreFairy Tales and Folklore, Fantasy

Length6 hrs 23 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateSep 3, 2023

LanguageEnglish

1CHAPTER I Glenwood Darrow, looking only at the eyes, overlooks the chin, and a rarely beautiful Persian rug is overshadowed by golden oak.

2CHAPTER II Mrs. Darrow seeks further for gentility, and her daughter has her hair pulled and doesn’t mind it.

3CHAPTER III Miss Ada Tenafee is faithful to ancestor worship, while the Darrows weave a golden legend about a golden lad.

4CHAPTER IV Granny Mander’s curse is potent: the hawk comes down to feed in the barnyard.

5CHAPTER V Dr. Darrow damns the first families with his last breath, and little Miss Nancy Carey meets the young mountaineer.

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6CHAPTER VI Mr. ’Gene Carey finds a right-hand man for the Altonia, and Glen Darrow joins the noble army of labor.

7CHAPTER VII Luke Manders agrees with her entirely, and Southern Europe contributes some of its culls to the mill, notably one Black Orlo, whose vitriolic utterances the doctor’s daughter finds nourishing.

8CHAPTER VIII Miss Ada Tenafee rejoices to have her protégée receive two callers in one afternoon, and Miss Nancy Carey sees Luke Manders again.

9CHAPTER IX Glen Darrow dines for the first time in her life and tells her hostesses her opinion of Peter Parker of Pasadena; later confides to her sleepless pillow that she doesn’t like being touched.

10CHAPTER X Glen trusts to time to correct her peculiarities, and occupies herself with transforming her house to harmonize with her Wishing Carpet.

11CHAPTER XI Glen sets the day for her twentieth birthday, and grieves because her suitor is too busy to help her better conditions, while Mr. ’Gene Carey is crushed by the perfidy of Old Ben.

12CHAPTER XII Mrs. Eugenia Parker, President of the Federated Women’s Clubs, bitterly shares Black Orlo’s opinion that her son does not amount to much, in which Peter himself cordially concurs.

13CHAPTER XIII Mr. Peter Parker of Pasadena, visiting his mill for the first time, receives the right hand of fellowship and the cold shoulder in the space of an hour.

14CHAPTER XIV Peter soaks up impressions and rather fancies himself as a comedian, but neither Glen Darrow nor Henry Clay Bean find him funny.

15CHAPTER XV Mrs. Eugenia Parker receives that lowest form of human expression, an anonymous letter, and pays the doctor’s daughter a call.

16CHAPTER XVI Gloriana-Virginia proves that it was really a Wishing Carpet, after all!

17CHAPTER XVII Young Peter sees something he never saw before, and Glen finds that her theory about herself was wrong.

18CHAPTER XVIII Mrs. Eugenia Parker has the doubtful satisfaction of seeing her trifling son in action for the first time.

19CHAPTER XIX Glen Darrow, being her father’s daughter, decides that promises are made to be kept.

20CHAPTER XX Peter Parker of Pasadena is less of a fool than has been popularly supposed, and the golden legend is discovered to be tarnished brass.

21CHAPTER XXI Once more, The Wishing Carpet justifies itself, and Henry Clay Bean breaks the solemnity of a lifetime.