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Catalog date:
2017-06-21
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Diana of the Crossways

George Meredith (1828 - 1909)

Inspired by the real life story of Caroline Norton, a friend of the author's, this book tells about a lively woman who is trapped in a miserable marriage. Yet Diana is not one to give up in her quest for love, happiness and fulfillment. - Summary by Stav Nisser

Genre(s): Family Life, Romance

Language: English

Keyword(s): social novel (49), feminist fiction (29), family drama (25), female friendship (1)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter 1: Of Diaries and Diarists Touching the Heroine KHand
 00:37:12
Play 02 Chapter 2: An Irish Ball Pamela Nagami
 00:26:05
Play 03 Chapter 3: The Interior of Mr. Redworth, and the Exterior of Mr. Sullivan Smith KHand
 00:18:16
Play 04 Chapter 4: Containing Hints of Diana's Experiences and of what They Led to Lisa Reichert
 00:31:16
Play 05 Chapter 5: Concerning the Scrupulous Gentleman who Came Too Late Sheila
 00:22:36
Play 06 Chapter 6: The Couple Lisa Reichert
 00:20:42
Play 07 Chapter 7: The Crisis VfkaBT
 00:20:55
Play 08 Chapter 8: In which is Exhibited How a Practical Man and a Divining Woman Learn to Respect One Another VfkaBT
 00:33:54
Play 09 Chapter 9: Shows How a Position of Delicacy for a Lady and Gentleman was Met in Simple Fashion Without Hurt to Either VfkaBT
 00:20:51
Play 10 Chapter 10: The Conflict of the Night Mark Penfold
 00:11:00
Play 11 Chapter 11: Recounts the Journey in a Chariot, with a Certain Amount of Dialogue, and a Small Incident on the Road Lucy Kempton
 00:16:35
Play 12 Chapter 12: Between Emma and Diana Lucy Kempton
 00:15:03
Play 13 Chapter 13: Touching the First Days of Her Probation Lynne T
 00:22:10
Play 14 Chapter 14: Giving Glimpses of Diana Under Her Cloud Before the World and of Her Further Apprenticeship Lisa Reichert
 00:33:39
Play 15 Chapter 15: Introduces the Hon. Percy Dacier Lisa Reichert
 00:28:26
Play 16 Chapter 16: Treats of a Midnight Bell, and of a Scene of Early Morning Lisa Reichert
 00:35:02
Play 17 Chapter 17: 'The Princess Egeria' Jim Locke
 00:25:37
Play 18 Chapter 18: The Authoress Jim Locke
 00:21:00
Play 19 Chapter 19: A Drive in Sunlight and a Drive in Moonlight Jim Locke
 00:26:06
Play 20 Chapter 20: Diana a Night-Watch in the Chamber of Death Jim Locke
 00:19:36
Play 21 Chapter 21: 'The Young Minister of State' KHand
 00:25:17
Play 22 Chapter 22: Between Diana and Dacier: The Wind East Over Bleak Land KHand
 00:18:07
Play 23 Chapter 23: Records a Visit to Diana from One of the World’s Good Women KHand
 00:20:25
Play 24 Chapter 24: Indicates a Soul Prepared for Desperation Michele Eaton
 00:15:25
Play 25 Chapter 25: Once More the Crossways and a Change of Turnings KHand
 00:19:42
Play 26 Chapter 26: In which a Disappointed Lover Receives a Multitude of Lessons KHand
 00:27:35
Play 27 Chapter 27: Contains Matter for Subsequent Explosion Deborah Balm
 00:36:27
Play 28 Chapter 28: Dialogue Round the Subject of a Portrait, with Some Indications of the Task for Diana Deborah Balm
 00:30:59
Play 29 Chapter 29: Shows the Approaches of the Political and the Domestic Crisis in Company Deborah Balm
 00:34:10
Play 30 Chapter 30: In which There is a Taste of a Little Dinner and an Aftertaste Deborah Balm
 00:20:29
Play 31 Chapter 31: A Chapter Containing Great Political News and Therewith an Intrusion of the Love-God Kathleen Moore
 00:11:29
Play 32 Chapter 32: Wherein We Behold a Giddy Turn at the Spectral Crossways Kathleen Moore
 00:14:03
Play 33 Chapter 33: Exhibits the Springing of a Mine in a Newspaper Article Kathleen Moore
 00:15:32
Play 34 Chapter 34: In which it is Darkly Seen How the Criminal's Judge May Be Love's Criminal Michele Eaton
 00:17:34
Play 35 Chapter 35: Reveals How the True Heroine of Romance Comes Finally to Her, Time of Triumph Jim Locke
 00:21:53
Play 36 Chapter 36: Is Conclusive as to the Heartlessness of Women with Brains Kalynda
 00:21:02
Play 37 Chapter 37: An Exhibition of Some Champions of the Stricken Lady Jim Locke
 00:22:31
Play 38 Chapter 38: Convalescence of a Healthy Mind Distraught Jim Locke
 00:14:41
Play 39 Chapter 39: Of Nature with One of Her Cultivated Daughters and a Short Excursion in Anti-Climax Jim Locke
 00:30:07
Play 40 Chapter 40: In which We See Nature Making of a Woman a Maid Again, and a Thrice Whimsical Jim Locke
 00:25:56
Play 41 Chapter 41: Contains a Revelation of the Origin of the Tigress in Diana Jim Locke
 00:18:42
Play 42 Chapter 42: The Penultimate: Showing a Final Struggle for Liberty and Run into Harness Jim Locke
 00:24:42
Play 43 Chapter 43: Nuptial Chapter; and of How a Barely Willing Woman was Led to Bloom with the Nuptial Sentiment Jim Locke
 00:32:27