Keeping up with Lizzie

audiobook

Keeping up with Lizzie

by Irving Bacheller

EN·~1 hours·8 chapters

Chapters

8 total
1

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PUBLISHED MARCH, 1911 - C-N - TO - THE LOVING AND BELOVED "MR. ONEDEAR" I DEDICATE THIS LITTLE BOOK - ILLUSTRATIONS - A DUEL WITH AUTOMOBILES - WITH HIS MIND ON THE SUBJECT OF EXTRAVAGANCE - "SEVEN DOLLARS A BARREL" - "I WANTED YE TO TELL MR. POTTER ABOUT YER TRAVELS," SAYS SAM - LIZZIE DROPPED INTO A CHAIR AND BEGAN TO CRY - BILL AN' I GOT TOGETHER OFTEN AN' TALKED OF THE OLD HAPPY DAYS - WE SET OUT FOR A TRAMP OVER THE BIG FARM - "I'M A CANDIDATE FOR NEW HONORS" - THREE DAYS LATER I DROVE TO THE VILLA - THE BOY EXERTED HIS CHARMS UPON MY LADY WARBURTON. - SHE LED US INTO THE BEDROOM - THEIR EYES WERE WIDE WITH WONDER - KEEPING UP WITH LIZZIE - KEEPING UP WITH LIZZIE - IN WHICH THE LEADING TRADESMEN OF POINTVIEW BECOME A BOARD OF ASSESSORS

22:59
2

II. IN WHICH LIZZIE RETURNS TO HER HOME, HAVING MET A QUEEN AND ACQUIRED AN ACCENT AND A FIANCE

14:00
3

III. IN WHICH LIZZIE DESCENDS FROM A GREAT HEIGHT

17:52
4

IV. IN WHICH THE HAM WAR HAS ITS BEGINNING

5:51
5

V. IN WHICH LIZZIE EXERTS AN INFLUENCE ON THE AFFAIRS OF THE RICH AND GREAT

35:38
6

VI. IN WHICH THE PURSUIT OF LIZZIE BECOMES HIGHLY SERIOUS

14:15
7

VII. IN WHICH THE HONORABLE SOCRATES POTTER CATCHES UP WITH LIZZIE

7:00
8

THE END

0:05

Description

In the sleepy New England town of Pointview, the resident “scientific man,” Socrates Potter, blends old‑world manners with modern ideas, dispensing legal advice and witty epigrams from his cramped office above the general store. He watches the townsfolk with a bemused eye, especially the ambitious merchant Samuel Henshaw and his bright‑eyed daughter Lizzie, whose beauty and promise set the whole community abuzz. As the balloon age lifts the world into the sky, Potter muses that even the price of apples can become a barometer of aspiration.

When Sam decides to send Lizzie to the costly Smythe Academy, the pressure to “keep up” spreads like wildfire. Dan Pettigrew, the local good‑looking youth, is urged by his father to chase a Harvard education so he can match Lizzie’s rising stature, leading to a series of comic schemes and rivalries that test his morals and the town’s sense of propriety. Through lively dialogue and gentle satire, the novel captures a slice of early‑20th‑century life where progress, pride, and the simple desire to be worthy of a beloved girl collide.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (112K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2004-03-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Irving Bacheller

Irving Bacheller

1859–1950

Best known for the once wildly popular novel "Ebenezer," this American writer helped shape early mass-market fiction while also leaving a vivid record of small-town life in northern New York. He moved easily between journalism, publishing, and historical storytelling, and his work reached huge audiences in the early 1900s.

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