Patricia Brent, spinster

Herbert George Jenkins (1876 - 1923)

A romantic comedy, written in 1918, but with a modern feel to it. Patricia Brent one day overhears two fellow-boarders pitying her because she "never has a nice young man to take her out". In a thoughtless moment of anger she announces that the following night she will be dining out with her fiance. When she arrives at the restaurant the next day, she finds some of the fellow-boarders there to watch her, so, rendered reckless by the thought of the humiliation of being found out, she goes up to a young man sitting alone at a table, and asks him to help her by "playing up". Countless complications and adventures ensue... (Summary by Anna Simon)

Genre(s): Humorous Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Patricia’s Indiscretion Anna Simon
00:18:28
Play 02 The Bonsor-Triggs’ Menage Anna Simon
00:18:32
Play 03 The Adventure at the Quadrant Grill-room Anna Simon
00:21:38
Play 04 The Madness of Lord Peter Bowen Anna Simon
00:18:54
Play 05 Patricia’s Revenge Anna Simon
00:20:03
Play 06 The Intervention of Aunt Adelaide Anna Simon
00:29:54
Play 07 Lord Peter promises a Solution Anna Simon
00:14:24
Play 08 Lord Peter’s S.O.S. Anna Simon
00:15:08
Play 09 Lady Tanagra takes a Hand Anna Simon
00:17:31
Play 10 Miss Brent’s Strategy Anna Simon
00:14:58
Play 11 The Defection of Mr. Triggs Anna Simon
00:20:16
Play 12 A Bombshell Anna Simon
00:25:30
Play 13 A Tactical Blunder Anna Simon
00:11:06
Play 14 Galvin House meets a Lord Anna Simon
00:19:40
Play 15 Mr. Triggs takes Tea in Kensington Gardens Anna Simon
00:28:30
Play 16 Patricia’s Inconstancy Anna Simon
00:24:02
Play 17 Lady Peggy makes a Friend Anna Simon
00:17:04
Play 18 The Air Raid Anna Simon
00:17:10
Play 19 Galvin House after the Raid Anna Simon
00:15:19
Play 20 A Race with Spinsterhood Anna Simon
00:20:14
Play 21 The Greatest Indiscretion Anna Simon
00:15:26