A Superfluous Woman by Emma Francis Brooke ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

A Superfluous Woman by Emma Francis Brooke audiobook.

Genre: drama

Published anonymously in 1894 at the height of the New Woman debate, A Superfluous Woman follows Jessamine Halliday, a beautiful young aristocrat who seems to be wasting away in the velvet air of London society. Her family, fearing a breakdown, summons the unconventional Dr. Cornerstone, who offers a startling diagnosis: Jessamine is not truly ill - she is starving for purpose. Pushed to examine how wealth, idleness, and the marriage market have shaped her, Jessamine attempts a daring cure. She leaves the drawing rooms behind and escapes to the Scottish Highlands, determined to live plainly, work with her hands, and discover who she might become without servants, gossip, or an arranged future closing in. In the rugged landscape she encounters Colin Macgillvray, a crofter whose integrity and independence challenge everything she has been taught to value, and whose presence awakens both longing and defiance. But shedding a lifetime of privilege is not the same as escaping its power. As old expectations pursue her into new terrain, Jessamine must decide what freedom costs - and whether love, labor, and self-respect can survive the pressures of class, scandal, and a double standard that punishes women for the choices men are allowed to make.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:18:26) Chapter 02

(00:46:43) Chapter 03

(01:15:01) Chapter 04

(01:27:46) Chapter 05

(01:40:24) Chapter 06

(01:58:09) Chapter 07

(02:10:15) Chapter 08

(02:28:53) Chapter 09

(02:46:09) Chapter 10

(03:04:04) Chapter 11

(03:21:35) Chapter 12

(03:43:00) Chapter 13

(03:50:34) Chapter 14

(04:12:13) Chapter 15

(04:20:17) Chapter 16

(04:48:09) Chapter 17

(05:13:28) Chapter 18

(05:32:35) Chapter 19

(05:57:57) Chapter 20

(06:20:21) Chapter 21

(06:37:45) Chapter 22

(06:59:43) Chapter 23

(07:31:58) Chapter 24

(08:03:57) Chapter 25

(08:24:38) Chapter 26

(09:05:03) Chapter 27

(09:26:08) Chapter 28

(09:50:47) Chapter 29

(10:11:52) Chapter 30

(10:34:28) Chapter 31

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