The Friendly Terrace Quartette (or Peggy Raymond At The Poplars)

Harriet Lummis Smith (1866 - 1947)

The Friendly Terrace Quartette (or Peggy Raymond At The Poplars) published in 1920, finds Peggy and her friends preparing for The Great War. Young men they had known as boys are signing up to train and fight as soldiers, while the girls find themselves looking for what they can do to help. Priscilla, and Amy join Peggy in The Land Army to assist in agricultural labour usually left to men of the period. Ruth, of weaker health, must remain on Friendly Terrace but manages to find her own way to be useful. In the station of The Land Army, known as The Poplars, Peggy, Priscilla and Amy meet many other young women who have come to lend aid, discovering their strengths and weaknesses, secrets and triumphs. (Summary by Daryl Wor)

Genre(s): General Fiction, Published 1900 onward

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter One: An End And A Beginning Daryl Wor
00:11:48
Play 02 Chapter Two: Liberty Bond Daryl Wor
00:15:53
Play 03 Chapter Three: Ruth Finds Her Niche Daryl Wor
00:16:06
Play 04 Chapter Four: Sticking Tomatoes Daryl Wor
00:17:38
Play 05 Chapter Five: A Day At Beechwood Daryl Wor
00:16:58
Play 06 Chapter Six: ‘What’s In A Name?’ Daryl Wor
00:13:20
Play 07 Chapter Seven: Peggy Sets A Ball Rolling Daryl Wor
00:14:27
Play 08 Chapter Eight: Settling A Question Daryl Wor
00:15:42
Play 09 Chapter Nine: As One Sows Daryl Wor
00:16:41
Play 10 Chapter Ten: Winston Is Heard From Daryl Wor
00:14:02
Play 11 Chapter Eleven: Lending A Hand Daryl Wor
00:15:57
Play 12 Chapter Twelve: Saving The Peach Crop Daryl Wor
00:14:53
Play 13 Chapter Thirteen: A Sunday Afternoon Daryl Wor
00:13:05
Play 14 Chapter Fourteen: Absent Without Leave Daryl Wor
00:15:13
Play 15 Chapter Fifteen: A Letter Daryl Wor
00:13:15
Play 16 Chapter Sixteen: A Hero of Their Own Daryl Wor
00:15:15
Play 17 Chapter Seventeen: Peggy Acts As Bridesmaid Daryl Wor
00:12:20
Play 18 Chapter Eighteen: Two’s Company Daryl Wor
00:13:58
Play 19 Chapter Nineteen: Propaganda Daryl Wor
00:15:21
Play 20 Chapter Twenty: A Runaway Daryl Wor
00:12:56
Play 21 Chapter Twenty-One: Good-By Summer Daryl Wor
00:15:16