The Hand of Ethelberta Volume 1 of 3 A Comedy in Chapters
Date: 2007-11-14 08:00:00+00:00
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

THOMAS HARDY

THe Hand of

EtHElbeRta

Read by Fenella Woolgar

Opportunistic, shrewd and beautiful, Ethelberta resolves to disguise her humble beginnings and elevate her position in society. Crafting her career as a society poet and staging her family as her servants, she proves admirably adept at sustaining her own web of deceit as she reinvents herself and navigates the attentions of four different suitors.

The wealthiest is not the one she loves… what will she do? This is a light-hearted, urban tale, offering a different side of Thomas Hardy. The master of pastoral realist novels was presenting a ‘somewhat frivolous narrative’, which nevertheless displayed his acute consciousness of class divisions and continues to delight those who discover it within his better-known works.

Total running time: 16:00:55 • View our full range of titles at n-ab.com Fenella Woolgar trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Shortly after graduating, she starred in Stephen Fry’s film Agatha and has since performed in films by Mike Leigh ( Vera Drake), Richard E Grant ( Wah-Wah) and Woody Allen ( Scoop and You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger). She has worked in theatre at the National Theatre and The Old Vic, and won the Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Actress in the West End in 2012. Her audiobook credits include The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, published by Naxos AudioBooks.

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The Hand of Ethelberta

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Preface

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Chapter 1: A Street in Anglebury – A Heath Near It – Inside The ‘Red Lion’ Inn 34:03

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Chapter 2: Christopher’s House – Sandbourne Town – Sandbourne Moor 25:18

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Chapter 3: Sandbourne Moor (Continued)

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Chapter 4: Sandbourne Pier – Road to Wyndway – Ball-Room in Wyndway House 14:51

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Chapter 5: At The Window – The Road Home 10:27

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Chapter 6: The Shore by Wyndway

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Chapter 7: The Dining-Room of a Town House – The Butler’s Pantry 26:53

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Chapter 8: Christopher’s Lodgings – The Grounds About Rookington 14:47

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Chapter 9: A Lady’s Drawing-Rooms – Ethelberta’s Dressing-Room 21:52

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Chapter 10: Lady Petherwin’s House

11:07

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Chapter 11: Sandbourne and its Neighbourhood – Some London Streets 9:52

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Chapter 12: Arrowthorne Park and Lodge

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Chapter 13: The Lodge (Continued) – The Copse Behind 27:55

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Chapter 14: A Turnpike Road

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Chapter 15: An Inner Room at the Lodge

7:46

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Chapter 16: A Large Public Hall

14:30

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Chapter 17: Ethelberta’s House

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Chapter 18: Near Sandbourne – London Streets – Ethelberta’s 16:22

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Chapter 19: Ethelberta’s Drawing-Room

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Chapter 20: The Neighbourhood of the Hall – The Road Home 8:16

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Chapter 21: A Street – Neigh’s Rooms – Christopher’s Rooms 15:03

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Chapter 22: Ethelberta’s House

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Chapter 23: Ethelberta’s House (Continued) 16:11

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Chapter 24: Ethelberta’s House (Continued) – The British Museum 24:31

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Chapter 25: The Royal Academy – The Farnfield Estate 25:08

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Chapter 26: Ethelberta’s Drawing-Room

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Chapter 27: Mrs Belmaine’s – Cripplegate Church 26:05

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Chapter 28: Ethelberta’s – Mr Chickerel’s Room 27:24

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Chapter 29: Ethelberta’s Dressing-Room – Mr Doncastle’s House 22:42

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Chapter 30: On The Housetop

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Chapter 31: Knollsea – A Lofty Down – A Ruined Castle 46:10

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Chapter 32: A Room In Enckworth Court

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Chapter 33: The English Channel – Normandy 25:33

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Chapter 34: The Hôtel Beau Séjour and Spots Near It 19:23

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Chapter 35: The Hotel (Continued), and the Quay in Front 27:55

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Chapter 36: The House in Town

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Chapter 37: Knollsea – An Ornamental Villa 12:00

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Chapter 38: Enckworth Court

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Chapter 39: Knollsea – Melchester

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Chapter 40: Melchester (Continued)

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Chapter 41: Workshops – An Inn – The Street 15:42

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Chapter 42: The Doncastles’ Residence, and Outside the Same 17:38

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Chapter 43: The Railway – The Sea – The Shore Beyond 27:42

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Chapter 44: Sandbourne – A Lonely Heath – The ‘Red Lion’ – The Highway 32:13

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Chapter 45: Knollsea – The Road Thence – Enckworth 28:57

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Chapter 46: Enckworth (Continued) – The Anglebury Highway 37:54

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Chapter 47: Enckworth and Its Precincts – Melchester 21:51

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Sequel: Anglebury – Enckworth – Sandbourne 18:21

Produced by John Foley

Edited and mastered by Andrew Riches

Executive producer: Genevieve Helsby

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Total running time: 16:00:55 Catalogue no.: NA0563 ISBN: 978-1-78198-428-4

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