Life and Gabriella: The Story of a Woman's Courage

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Life and Gabriella: The Story of a Woman's Courage

by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

EN·~14 hours·18 chapters

Chapters

18 total
1

CHAPTER I - PRESENTS A SHAMELESS HEROINE

45:08
2

CHAPTER II - POOR JANE

51:10
3

CHAPTER III - A START IN LIFE

47:25
4

CHAPTER IV - MIRAGE

53:04
5

CHAPTER V - THE NEW WORLD

44:08
6

CHAPTER VI - THE OLD SERPENT

47:46
7

CHAPTER VII - MOTHERHOOD

56:33
8

BOOK SECOND

0:02
9

CHAPTER I - DISENCHANTMENT

52:58
10

CHAPTER II - A SECOND START IN LIFE

56:49

Description

In a sun‑lit Victorian parlour, Gabriella watches her sister Jane teeter on the edge of despair. Jane, trapped in a marriage to the charming yet deceitful Charley, has fled twice to their mother’s modest home, only to be coaxed back into a life of silent suffering. Gabriella, fierce and compassionate, vows that her sister will never return to that abusive household, setting the stage for a quiet rebellion against the expectations of a rigid society.

The narrative follows Gabriella’s determined efforts to protect her family while navigating the delicate balance of duty, love, and social propriety. As the Carr household wrestles with grief, hope, and the relentless pressure to maintain outward respectability, the story explores how ordinary courage can reshape lives. Listeners will be drawn into a richly painted world of hyacinths, whispered confidences, and the subtle strength of women who dare to challenge their prescribed roles.

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Language

en

Duration

~14 hours (845K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Rick Niles, Charlie Kirschner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Release date

2005-01-03

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

1873–1945

A sharp-eyed chronicler of the American South, she wrote novels that pushed past nostalgia and looked closely at class, gender, and social change. Her fiction brought realism and wit to Virginia life, and it earned her the 1942 Pulitzer Prize for In This Our Life.

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