A Spinner in the Sun

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A Spinner in the Sun

by Myrtle Reed

EN·~7 hours·28 chapters

Chapters

28 total
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A SPINNER IN THE SUN - BY - MYRTLE REED

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I. "THE FIRE WAS KIND" II. MISS MEHITABLE III. THE PEARLS IV. "FROM THE DEPTHS OF HIS LOVE" V. ARAMINTA VI. PIPES O' PAN VII. THE HONOUR OF THE SPOKEN WORD VIII. PIPER TOM IX. HOUSECLEANING X. RALPH'S FIRST CASE XI. THE LOOSE LINK XII. A GREY KITTEN XIII. THE RIVER COMES INTO ITS OWN XIV. A LITTLE HOUR OF TRIUMPH XV. THE STATE OF ARAMINTA'S SOUL XVI. THE MARCH OF THE DAYS XVII. LOVED BY A DOG XVIII. UNDINE XIX. IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS XX. THE SECRET OF THE VEIL XXI. THE POPPIES CLAIM THEIR OWN XXII. FORGIVENESS XXIII. UNDINE FINDS HER SOUL XXIV. TELLING AUNT HITTY XXV. REDEEMED XXVI. THE LIFTING OF THE VEIL

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I

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II

18:00
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III

16:13
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IV

11:02
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V

19:58
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VI

16:27
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VII

18:18
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VIII

16:51

Description

A weather‑worn cottage clings to a hillside, its garden choked by thistles and an endless veil of lilac shadows. For twenty‑five years the house has sat silent, its hearth cold and its rooms filled only with half‑finished stitches and a lone, open book. When a determined woman finally forces the rusted lock, the creak of the door marks the return of a life long abandoned, and the air begins to stir with memories that have never quite faded.

As winter’s chill deepens, she moves through rooms that still hold the imprint of past laughter, discovering remnants of love left behind in a single white rose and a forgotten veil that trails behind her steps. The surrounding village murmurs with the distant rumble of a midnight train, while the house itself seems to pulse with hidden stories waiting to be unraveled. Listeners are invited to follow her cautious journey through a place where grief and hope entwine, and where the first clues of a lingering mystery begin to surface.

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Language

en

Duration

~7 hours (406K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2004-06-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

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About the author

Myrtle Reed

Myrtle Reed

1874–1911

Best known for warm, sentimental novels like Lavender and Old Lace, this Chicago-born writer also worked as a poet and journalist and published cookbooks under the pen name Olive Green.

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