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Ordeal of Richard Feverel

Name: Ordeal of Richard Feverel
Author: George Meredith

George Meredith

Read by Jim Locke, Rita Boutros, jenno and Andy Lilley · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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01. The Inmates of Raynham Abbey (19:08)
02. Showing How the Fates Selected the Fourteenth Birthday to Try the Strength of the System (19:42)
03. The Magian Conflict (10:04)
04. Arson (23:47)
05. Adrian Plies His Hook (10:56)
06. Juvenile Stratagems (17:47)
07. Daphne’s Bower (12:36)
08. The Bitter Cup (18:53)
09. A Fine Distinction (13:38)
10. Richard Passes Through His Preliminary Ordeal, and is the Occasion of an Aphorism (16:51)
11. In which the Last Act of the Bakewell Comedy is Closed in a Letter (13:36)
12. The Blossoming Season (29:54)
13. The Magnetic Age (22:17)
14. An Attraction (15:18)
15. Ferdinand and Miranda (23:16)
16. Unmasking of Master Ripton Thompson (24:26)
17. Good Wine and Good Blood (14:48)
18. The System Encounters the Wild Oats Special Plea (10:08)
19. A Diversion Played on a Penny-Whistle (9:42)
20. Celebrates the Time-Honoured Treatment of a Dragon by the Hero (43:28)
21. Richard is Summoned to Town to Hear a Sermon (21:13)
22. Indicates the Approaches of Fever (25:20)
23. Crisis in the Apple-Disease (31:29)
24. Of the Spring Primrose and the Autumnal (13:41)
25. In which the Hero Takes a Step (37:14)
26. Records the Rapid Development of the Hero (36:08)
27. Contains an Intercession for the Heroine (8:03)
28. Relates How Preparations for Action Were Conducted Under the April of Lovers (43:56)
29. In which the Last Act of a Comedy Takes the Place of the First (33:12)
30. Celebrates the Breakfast (21:49)
31. The Philosopher Appears in Person (19:32)
32. Procession of the Cake (42:47)
33: Norsing The Devil (26:55)
34. Conquest of an Epicure (52:22)
35. Clare’s Marriage (39:14)
36. A Dinner-Party at Richmond (41:27)
37. Mrs. Berry on Matrimony (30:25)
38. An Enchantress (43:54)
39. The Little Bird and the Falcon; a Berry to the Rescue! (32:39)
40. Clare’s Diary (39:17)
41. Austin Returns (22:39)
42. Nature Speaks (21:24)
43. Again the Magian Conflict (15:59)
44. The Last Scene (41:37)
45. Lady Blandish to Austin Wentworth (9:44)