The Choir Invisible

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The Choir Invisible

by James Lane Allen

EN·~6 hours·14 chapters

Chapters

14 total
1

Transcribed for Project Gutenberg by Susan L. Farley.

0:29
2

GEORGE ELIOT

6:01
3

II

21:44
4

III

25:20
5

IV

28:48
6

VI

7:48
7

VII

30:44
8

IV

55:04
9

XII

51:48
10

XIV

14:39

Description

In the spring of 1795, Kentucky’s untamed wilderness unfurls like a living tapestry—towering oaks, maple arches, and fragrant wildflowers framing a dusty wagon trail that winds through a world still raw and hopeful. The air is thick with the mingled scents of mint, ivy, and distant pine, while birds of forgotten species flit among the trees, their songs weaving a quiet, timeless chorus.

Into this emerald theater rides Amy Falconer, a striking young woman of aristocratic heritage whose delicate pink calico dress and bright bonnet set her apart from the frontier’s rough‑hewn inhabitants. Her poised yet playful gaze, the polished bob‑tail horse beneath her, and the bundle of home‑spun linen she carries hint at a life straddling genteel society and the rugged demands of the new world.

A seemingly minor mishap on the trail—an unexpected stumble of horse and rider—sets off a chain of events that will ripple through the lives of the settlers and the land itself, promising a tale where nature’s grandeur meets the fragile ambitions of those who dare to tread its paths.

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Language

en

Duration

~6 hours (377K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2000-09-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

James Lane Allen

James Lane Allen

1849–1925

Best known for bringing the voices, landscapes, and customs of Kentucky into American fiction, this once hugely popular novelist mixed regional detail with romance, memory, and social observation. His stories helped define the local-color tradition at the end of the 19th century.

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