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Clara Reeve's The Old English Baron

21 Dec 2017 · 5 h 18 min

#ads Get premium access to stream any unabridged audiobook by starting your free trial: https://booksreader.space/al-7349/ There's something special about hearing a Literature story before sleep with a warm cup of tea. Hit play, ease into the rhythm of the narration, and let the rest of the world wait. Title: The Old English Baron Author: Clara Reeve Narrator: Ella Porter Format: Unabridged Length: 05:18:00 Release date: 12-21-17 Genres: Literature Publisher's Summary: "The Old English Baron" is an early Gothic novel by Clara Reeve. The story follows the adventures of Sir Philip Harclay, who returns to medieval England to find that Arthur Lord Lovel, the friend of his youth, is dead. His cousin Walter Lord Lovel had succeeded to the estate, and sold the family castle to the baron, Fitz-Owen. Among the baron's household were his two sons and daughter Emma, several young gentlemen relations being educated with the sons, and Edmund Twyford, the son of a peasant, who had been brought to live with them. When Sir Philip saw him, he took an immediate liking to him, being struck by his resemblance to his lost friend. The Knight proposing to take him into his own family, being childless. Edmund preferred to remain with the baron, receiving however an assurance that if ever he was in need of it, Sir Philip would renew his offer. By his manifestly superior nature and qualities, Edmund attracts the enmity of his benefactor's nephews. ©2017 Audioliterature (P)2017 Audioliterature

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