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In a North Country Village

Gelesen von Phil Benson

(4,396 Sterne; 24 Bewertungen)


M. E. Francis was born Mary E. Sweetman in Dublin and moved to Lancashire on her marriage to Francis Nicholas Blundell, of the Blundell family, who remain squires of Little Crosby, the last Catholic recusant village in England, which lies a few miles north of Liverpool. Blundell died young and Mary went on to write more than 50 books, using her husband's Christian name as pen name, including this collection of 12 stories set in Little Crosby (‘Thornleigh’).

A romantic portrait of mid-19th century village life written from an aristocratic point of view, In a North Country Village (1896) is built around striking portraits of strong Lancashire women surviving in the face of Hardyesque tragedy and the weaknesses of their men folk. M. E. Francis set many of her books in Ireland and Dorset, but several were set in Lancashire, including A Daughter of the Soil (1895), Yeoman Fleetwood (1900) and Marjory o'th' Mill (1907). (Summary by Phil Benson) (5 hr 0 min)

Chapters

01 - Thornleigh

23:58

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02 - Gaffer's Child

30:50

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03 - Celebrities

28:30

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04 - Nancy

35:48

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05 - Politics

14:08

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06 - The Gilly'fers

34:07

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07 - Aunt Jinny

29:25

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08 - On the other side of the wall

23:25

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09 - Little paupers

18:51

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10 - Here and there

25:52

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11 - "Our Joe"

20:15

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12 - Mates

15:31

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Bewertungen

charming tales of village life

(5 Sterne)

Charming short stories and beautifully read. Thank you to the narrator.

(4 Sterne)

THE READER MAKES IT!!! Thank u Phil Benson. So well written and heartwarming and vivid.

(5 Sterne)

I loved these stories and the reader is just perfect.

Cute Short Stories to pass the time

(4 Sterne)

Loved the book , loved the accent of the reader which matched pe

(5 Sterne)

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