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A Day of Fate

Edward P. Roe (1838 - 1888)

A night editor at a New York paper escapes to the country to avoid a nervous breakdown. Providence lands him in the middle of a loving Quaker family in time to save them from being roasted by a lightning strike. Then what could be more natural than falling in love with a girl already engaged to someone else? Truly, it was a Day of Fate for him. "Some shallow story of deep love." (Shakespeare) - Summary by LikeManyWaters

Genre(s): Romance, Published 1800 -1900, Christian Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): romance (1054), love (328), family (201), New York (102), Christ (64), peace (28), country (13), quaker (7), editor (1)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Aimless Steps	LikeManyWaters	00:16:55
Play 02	A June Day Dream	LikeManyWaters	00:15:38
Play 03	A Shining Tide	LikeManyWaters	00:19:11
Play 04	Reality	LikeManyWaters	00:19:22
Play 05	Mutual Discoveries	LikeManyWaters	00:16:35
Play 06	A Quaker Tea	LikeManyWaters	00:14:57
Play 07	A Friend	LikeManyWaters	00:12:05
Play 08	The Mystery of Mysteries	LikeManyWaters	00:15:37
Play 09	''Old Plod''	LikeManyWaters	00:13:01
Play 10	A Bit of Eden	LikeManyWaters	00:24:02
Play 11	''Moved''	LikeManyWaters	00:17:06
Play 12	One of Natures Tragedies	LikeManyWaters	00:17:39
Play 13	The Lightning and a Subtler Flame	LikeManyWaters	00:18:35
Play 14	Kindling a Spark of Life	LikeManyWaters	00:14:01
Play 15	My Fate	LikeManyWaters	00:15:03
Play 16	The Day After	LikeManyWaters	00:29:23
Play 17	''It was Inevitable''	LikeManyWaters	00:11:48
Play 18	Returning Conciousness	LikeManyWaters	00:07:53
Play 19	In the Dark	LikeManyWaters	00:21:02
Play 20	A Flash of Memory	LikeManyWaters	00:22:46
Play 21	Weakness	LikeManyWaters	00:21:41
Play 22	Old Plod Idealized	LikeManyWaters	00:12:36
Play 23	An Impulse	LikeManyWaters	00:18:09
Play 24	A Wretched Failure	LikeManyWaters	00:12:23
Play 25	In the Depths	LikeManyWaters	00:25:12
Play 26	Poor Acting	LikeManyWaters	00:19:35
Play 27	The Hope of a Hidden Treasure	LikeManyWaters	00:15:31
Play 28	The Old Meeting-House Again	LikeManyWaters	00:22:41
Play 29	Love Teaching Ethics	LikeManyWaters	00:16:44
Play 30	Don't Think of Me	LikeManyWaters	00:23:22
Play 31	''Richard''	LikeManyWaters	00:26:10
Play 32	My Worst Blunder	LikeManyWaters	00:20:02
Play 33	Mrs. Yocomb's Letters	LikeManyWaters	00:23:14
Play 34	Adah	LikeManyWaters	00:12:06
Play 35	Thanksgiving Day	LikeManyWaters	00:23:04
Play 36	Ripples on Deep Water	LikeManyWaters	00:14:32

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