Dust: A Novel

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Dust: A Novel

by Julian Hawthorne

EN·~12 hours·40 chapters

Chapters

40 total
1

Some typographical errors have been corrected; a list follows the text.

0:41
2

D U S T: A NOVEL

0:13
3

ILLUSTRATIONS.

0:22
4

DUST. - CHAPTER I.

5:44
5

CHAPTER II.

13:40
6

CHAPTER III.

10:58
7

CHAPTER IV.

20:07
8

CHAPTER V.

11:48
9

CHAPTER VI.

15:47
10

CHAPTER VII.

23:59

Description

In the waning days of the eighteenth century, a restless generation of Londoners dares to rewrite the rules of propriety. The novel follows a bright‑spirited young man who, drawn to the glittering world of clubs, theatres and coffee‑houses, finds himself tangled in a web of ambition, romance, and hidden danger. As he navigates the cacophony of fashionable salons, street‑wise coachmen and the ever‑present intrigue of the aristocracy, his choices begin to reveal the fragile line between honor and folly.

Against a vividly rendered backdrop of grand ballrooms, noisy streets and the lingering scent of coal‑dust, the story captures the pulse of an era where old customs clash with a new, daring spirit. The prose paints a portrait of a society in flux, while the characters wrestle with the timeless struggle to stay true to themselves amid the swirling currents of change. Listeners will find themselves immersed in a world where every whispered promise and daring gamble leaves a trace in the dust of history.

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Language

en

Duration

~12 hours (691K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Shaun Pinder, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2015-01-07

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Julian Hawthorne

Julian Hawthorne

1846–1934

Best remembered as the son of Nathaniel Hawthorne, he built a long writing career of his own, producing novels, short stories, essays, travel books, and journalism. His life mixed literary ambition, public controversy, and an unusually wide range of subjects.

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