Ancestors: A Novel

About this film

LibriVox recording of Ancestors: A Novel by Gertrude Atherton. Read in English by Lynne T Isabel Otis, a young American heiress of a modest fortune has been enjoying a tour of Europe and at last decides to pay a visit to her English relative, Lady Victoria Gwynne. Politics; dinners at castles; handsome dukes; an engagement; murder; suicide - Isabel had not realized life in England could be so exciting! Eventually, this independent young woman must return to her anything but mundane life but romance follows her; but we see the old social and political world of San Francisco collapse in the devastating 1906 earthquake, with the promise of something newer and better under the guidance of such men as Philip Hofer, Mayor Phelan and Elton Gwynne.( Lynne Thompson) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook part 1 (189MB) M4B Audiobook part 2 (183MB) M4B Audiobook part 3 (198MB)

Directors & creators

Gertrude Atherton

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;politics; women; romance; morality; suicide; society; family; Friendship; aristocracy; inheritance; chickens; San Francisco earthquake; death of infant

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