The Tallants of Barton, vol. 2 (of 3) : A tale of fortune and finance

by Joseph Hatton

EN·~4 hours·22 chapters

Chapters

22 total

THE TALLANTS OF BARTON.

0:26

LONDON: BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

0:03

CHAPTER I. ENTER THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF VERNER.

18:47

CHAPTER II. CONTAINS IMPORTANT REVELATIONS, AND TERMINATES FATALLY.

12:02

CHAPTER III. “ARCADES AMBO,” BUT FLOURISHING NEVERTHELESS.

15:50

CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH RICHARD TALLANT VISITS BARTON HALL AGAIN, AND ARTHUR PHILLIPS COMPLETES A GREAT WORK.

12:54

CHAPTER V. THE TWO TEMPLES.

14:31

CHAPTER VI. MRS. DIBBLE AND PAUL SOMERTON JOURNEY TO SEVERNTOWN.

11:17

CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH MR. SHUFFLETON GIBBS PRESENTS HIMSELF IN ANOTHER CHARACTER.

14:47

CHAPTER VIII. WHAT ARTHUR PHILLIPS SAW THROUGH THE MIST.

13:38

Description

In the quiet countryside of Barton, two close‑knit young women have lived their lives side by side, their futures once as calm as the autumn leaves drifting past the manor’s windows. Amy Somerton, a spirited but modest girl, has long cherished a secret love for the charming Lionel Hammerton. When Lionel departs without a word, her heart is shattered, and the sting of abandonment awakens a fierce determination to rise above her lowly birth.

Now, with the arrival of the aristocratic Earl of Verner’s splendid carriage, Amy’s world tilts once more. The imposing entrance of the noble family promises new opportunities, but also threatens to stir the ambitions and resentments that have begun to fester within her. As she watches the glittering procession roll past, Amy must decide whether to cling to her dreams of love or to seize the chance that fortune and finance might finally grant her the status she craves.

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Language

Duration

~4 hours (258K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United Kingdom: Tesley Brothers, 1867.

Credits

Sonya Schermann, Debrah Thompson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2023-05-20

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

English fiction -- 19th century

About the author

Joseph Hatton

1841–1907

A lively Victorian man of letters, this journalist-novelist moved easily between newspapers, theater circles, and popular fiction. His career took him from regional English papers to major publications, with writing that reflected the busy, curious energy of late 19th-century life.

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