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From Jest to Earnest

Edward P. Roe (1838 - 1888)

As a practical joke at a house party, a young and beautiful socialite tries to make a fool out of a visiting young missionary to amuse her friends. She pretends to be a seeker in order to win his affections, but gets a lot more than she bargained for... - Summary by LikeManyWaters

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

Language: English

Keyword(s): Christianity (372), love (331), family (202), Christmas (200), faith (114), society (78), New England (47), snow (34), missionary (31), rescue (23) ... [Show full list]

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	A Practical Joke	LikeManyWaters	00:23:47
Play 02	The Victim	LikeManyWaters	00:17:07
Play 03	Puzzled And Interested	LikeManyWaters	00:19:21
Play 04	A Little Pagan	LikeManyWaters	00:25:58
Play 05	Plain Talk	LikeManyWaters	00:19:12
Play 06	A Sleigh-Ride And Something More	LikeManyWaters	00:27:31
Play 07	Another Spell Than Beauty's	LikeManyWaters	00:20:11
Play 08	Finding One's Level	LikeManyWaters	00:15:37
Play 09	''The Other Set''	LikeManyWaters	00:21:18
Play 10	Human Nature	LikeManyWaters	00:18:56
Play 11	A Possible Tragedy	LikeManyWaters	00:18:37
Play 12	Miss Marsden Asks Sombre Questions	LikeManyWaters	00:18:56
Play 13	A Lover Quenched	LikeManyWaters	00:16:34
Play 14	Lottie A Mysterious Problem	LikeManyWaters	00:16:28
Play 15	Hemstead Sees ''Our Set''	LikeManyWaters	00:21:22
Play 16	How Woman Makes Or Mars	LikeManyWaters	00:18:05
Play 17	Midnight Vigils	LikeManyWaters	00:25:01
Play 18	Hemstead's Heavy Gun And Its Recoil	LikeManyWaters	00:24:33
Play 19	The Preacher Taught By The Pagan	LikeManyWaters	00:46:40
Play 20	The Dawning Light	LikeManyWaters	00:10:15
Play 21	Misunderstood	LikeManyWaters	00:23:38
Play 22	''You Must Wait And See''	LikeManyWaters	00:21:54
Play 23	A Rationalist Of The Old School	LikeManyWaters	00:18:34
Play 24	The Terror Of A Great Fear	LikeManyWaters	00:09:29
Play 25	A True Knight	LikeManyWaters	00:15:08
Play 26	On A Crumbling Ice-Floe	LikeManyWaters	00:19:38
Play 27	The Meeting And Greeting	LikeManyWaters	00:21:47
Play 28	The Trail Of Love	LikeManyWaters	00:33:59
Play 29	Hemstead's Advice, And Lottie's Colors	LikeManyWaters	00:13:34
Play 30	Around The Yule-Log	LikeManyWaters	00:41:46
Play 31	Under The Mistletoe	LikeManyWaters	00:11:12
Play 32	The Christmas Sunday	LikeManyWaters	00:10:44
Play 33	The End Of The ''Jest''	LikeManyWaters	00:20:11
Play 34	Loyal	LikeManyWaters	00:18:45
Play 35	Mr. Dimmerly Concludes To ''Meddle''	LikeManyWaters	00:25:08
Play 36	A Night In The Snow	LikeManyWaters	00:41:12
Play 37	In Earnest	LikeManyWaters	00:24:49

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