Lotta Schmidt and Other Stories
Anthony Trollope
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In this collection of short stories by Anthony Trollope: A Viennese musician courts a much younger woman. A young man must choose between pursuing his literary aspirations and supporting his wife and child. Two brothers on opposing sides of the American Civil War compete for the same woman's affections. A man recounts the unfortunate manner he first met his long-time friend. A young woman and a young man argue over the rights to a local cove and its seaweed crop. A bride struggles to find the perfect sacrifice to make to support charity. A Venetian woman falls in love with an Austrian soldier, a member of the enemy force occupying her city. An American woman must choose between two suitors, one American and the other British. A destitute woman, while travelling by boat to Panama, dreads her arranged marriage to her rich cousin in Peru and makes an unexpected friend.
The 9 stories are scattered across a variety of settings but have some basic themes in common: poverty, romance, travel, and transnational relationships.
Summary by Elsie Selwyn (7 hr 24 min)
Chapters
| Lotta Schmidt | 50:51 | Read by Belinda McReynolds |
| The Adventures of Fred Pickering | 50:00 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
| The Two Generals | 54:37 | Read by marisad6 |
| Father Giles of Ballymoy | 37:32 | Read by mikepaquetteVO |
| Malachi's Cove | 48:04 | Read by fshort |
| The Widow's Mite | 52:07 | Read by Chris Pyle |
| The Last Austrian Who Left Venice | 42:21 | Read by Cbteddy |
| Miss Ophelia Gledd | 54:38 | Read by jenno |
| The Journey to Panama | 54:40 | Read by jenno |