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    Laodicean
    Laodicean
    Laodicean
    Audiobook14 hours

    Laodicean

    Written by Thomas Hardy

    Narrated by Simon Evers

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    About this audiobook


    The Laodicean (someone whose religious beliefs are “lukewarm”) of the title is Paula Power who bought the ancient castle De Stancy which she is determined to restore. Being of a modern frame of mind, she has the telegraph connected to the castle – and uses it all the time in the course of the story.

    George Somerset is a young architect who is invited to compete for the chance of the commission to restore the castle and who falls in love with Paula.

    However, the brother of Paula’s great friend Charlotte De Stancy – of the aristocratic family that once owned the castle – aided by his villainous illegitimate son, sets out to win Paula for himself.

    Although Paula likes the idea of being a De Stancy, she is drawn to George from the start. The various machinations of De Stancy and his son keep the narrative moving along at a fast pace.

    Summary by Simon Evers

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Laodicean
    Author

    Thomas Hardy

    Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is best known for his novels, Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), Return of the Native (1878), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895), which was denounced as morally objectionable. Hardy, disgusted with this reaction, declared he would never write fiction again and devoted the rest of his literary career to poetry.

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