Fairy Gold

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Fairy Gold

by Christian Reid

EN·~9 hours·18 chapters

Chapters

18 total

Part 1

31:45

Part 2

31:12

Part 3

31:36

Part 4

31:39

Part 5

31:39

Part 6

31:34

Part 7

31:15

Part 8

31:33

Part 9

31:44

Part 10

31:31

Description

In a quiet convent perched above a bustling town, three young women stand on the brink of their final school day. Claire, Helen, and Marion mingle between piano practice and whispered dreams of the world beyond the cloistered walls, each feeling the pull of freedom and the weight of uncertainty. Their conversations reveal a tapestry of hopes—Helen’s eager optimism, Marion’s confident ambition, and Claire’s quiet dread of stepping into an unknown future.

The novel captures the delicate balance between the safety of sheltered life and the intoxicating promise of independence. As the summer dusk fades, the girls grapple with the fear that their cherished sanctuary may soon feel confining, while the allure of art, music, and adventure beckons them forward. Their bond, forged in shared lessons and whispered promises, becomes the heart of a story about youthful longing, courage, and the first tremors of adult choice.

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Language

en

Duration

~9 hours (520K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by MFR, Graeme Mackreth 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

Jun 17, 2017

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Christian Reid

Christian Reid

1846–1920

A popular Southern novelist of the late 19th century, she wrote under the pen name Christian Reid and helped give western North Carolina its enduring nickname, “the Land of the Sky.” Her fiction blended romance, regional detail, and a strong sense of Catholic faith.

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