Diane of the Green Van

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Diane of the Green Van

by Leona Dalrymple

EN·~8 hours·59 chapters

Chapters

59 total

BY - LEONA DALRYMPLE

0:13

1914

0:08

CHAPTER I - OF A GREAT WHITE BIRD UPON A LAKE

8:33

CHAPTER II - AN INDOOR TEMPEST

8:23

CHAPTER III - A WHIM

7:33

CHAPTER IV - THE VOICE OF THE OPEN COUNTRY

9:28

CHAPTER V - THE PHANTOM THAT ROSE FROM THE BOTTLE

9:58

CHAPTER, VI - BARON TREGAR

10:36

CHAPTER VII - THEMAR

4:58

CHAPTER VIII - AFTER SUNSET

4:18

Description

In the early summer of 1914, Diane Westfall tends her family farm amid the blooming Connecticut hills, where the air hums with songbirds and the lake glistens beneath a canopy of green. One bright morning she discovers a strange aircraft perched on the water, its pilot—a lanky, quick‑witted young man with a cigarette dangling from his lips—caught in a precarious situation. Their banter crackles with humor as Diane, ever practical and a bit mischievous, offers to rescue the hapless aviator, while the curious St. Bernard, Rex, watches the spectacle with skeptical bark.

The encounter sets off a lively chain of events that draws the Westfall family’s eccentric members, the local workmen, and the surrounding countryside into a light‑hearted adventure. As Diane navigates the quirks of early aviation, the stubbornness of her family’s hunting reputation, and the unexpected friendship forming between farmer and flyer, listeners are treated to a charming portrait of rural life meeting daring innovation, all wrapped in witty dialogue and vivid, sun‑lit scenery.

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Language

en

Duration

~8 hours (489K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2005-06-21

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Leona Dalrymple

Leona Dalrymple

1884–1968

An early 20th-century American writer, she moved easily between novels, short stories, plays, and screen work. She is best remembered for winning a major fiction prize for Diane of the Green Van, a success that helped bring her work to a wide audience.

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