# Tenterhooks

An audiobook by Ada Leverson, read by LibriVox volunteers (5 h 30 min, English).

The second of the 'Little Ottleys' trilogy, an Edwardian comedy of manners. Several years have passed since the events in 'Love's Shadow', but Bruce Ottley is as difficult and irksome as ever. His beautiful wife Edith continues to gently manage his foibles, and regards him with a fond tolerance. But then she meets the enchanting - and very handsome - Aylmer Ross. The attraction between them is undeniable, and Edith's quiet serenity is shattered. Could this spell the end for the Ottley's marriage? Feather light, dialogue-packed and often tongue-in-cheek, this is a charming second instalment of a story which - despite its apparent superficiality - shows that Leverson had a keen understanding of human nature and of the society in which she moved. - Summary by Helen Taylor

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## Chapters

1. Chapter 1: A Verbal Invitation (15:37): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_01_leverson_64kb.mp3
2. Chapter 2: Opera Glasses (12:15): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_02_leverson_64kb.mp3
3. Chapter 3: The Golden Quoribus (9:31): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_03_leverson_64kb.mp3
4. Chapter 4: The Mitchells (14:38): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_04_leverson_64kb.mp3
5. Chapter 5: The Surprise (10:09): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_05_leverson_64kb.mp3
6. Chapter 6: The Visit (11:30): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_06_leverson_64kb.mp3
7. Chapter 7: Coup de Foudre (14:21): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_07_leverson_64kb.mp3
8. Chapter 8: Archie's Essay (4:30): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_08_leverson_64kb.mp3
9. Chapter 8: Aylmer (17:31): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_09_leverson_64kb.mp3
10. Chapter 10: Shopping Chez Soi (13:39): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_10_leverson_64kb.mp3
11. Chapter 11: P. P. C. (6:13): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_11_leverson_64kb.mp3
12. Chapter 12: The Moonshine Girl (12:26): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_12_leverson_64kb.mp3
13. Chapter 13: The Supper-party (11:41): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_13_leverson_64kb.mp3
14. Chapter 14: The Letter (8:21): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_14_leverson_64kb.mp3
15. Chapter 15: Mavis Argles (14:59): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_15_leverson_64kb.mp3
16. Chapter 16: More of the Mitchells (9:38): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_16_leverson_64kb.mp3
17. Chapter 17: The Agonies of Aylmer (11:28): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_17_leverson_64kb.mp3
18. Chapter 18: A Contretemps (7:58): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_18_leverson_64kb.mp3
19. Chapter 19: An Extraordinary Afternoon (11:35): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_19_leverson_64kb.mp3
20. Chapter 20: Journeys End (4:24): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_20_leverson_64kb.mp3
21. Chapter 21: The Great Exception (15:28): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_21_leverson_64kb.mp3
22. Chapter 22: Another Side of Bruce (16:21): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_22_leverson_64kb.mp3
23. Chapter 23: At Lady Everard's (19:00): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_23_leverson_64kb.mp3
24. Chapter 24: Miss Bennett (6:56): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_24_leverson_64kb.mp3
25. Chapter 25: At Westgate (6:28): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_25_leverson_64kb.mp3
26. Chapter 26: Goggles (7:32): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_26_leverson_64kb.mp3
27. Chapter 27: The Elopement (14:27): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_27_leverson_64kb.mp3
28. Chapter 28: Bruce Returns (15:10): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_28_leverson_64kb.mp3
29. Chapter 29: Intellectual Sympathy (6:43): https://archive.org/download/tenterhooks_1502_librivox/tenterhooks_29_leverson_64kb.mp3