
audiobook
by Dorothy M. (Dorothy Miller) Richardson
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
Miriam bursts into the Bailey household, her thoughts a whirlwind of anxiety and determination. The dimly lit dining room, hung with the soft glow of a solitary gas lamp, becomes a stage for her uneasy re‑entry, where she must navigate the silent judgments of Mrs. Bailey, the watchful Mr. Gunner, and a circle of boarders whose quiet patience borders on patronising. As she fumbles for a question to justify her presence, the atmosphere crackles with the unspoken tension between past grievances and the hope of a fresh start.
Amid the clatter of needlework and the lingering scent of stale fern, Miriam’s impulsive bravery collides with the household’s entrenched routines. The story captures the delicate dance of social reintegration in a world where every glance and whispered remark carries weight. Listeners will be drawn into Miriam’s inner turmoil and the subtle power plays that define this early‑twentieth‑century domestic tableau.
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (455K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2018-04-05
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1873–1957
A pioneer of the stream-of-consciousness novel, she is best known for the sequence Pilgrimage, a landmark work that helped reshape modern fiction in English. Her writing follows the texture of thought itself, turning ordinary life into something intimate and quietly radical.
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