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The Old Maid

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The Old Maid

By: Edith Wharton
Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
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The story follows the life of Tina, a young woman caught between the mother who adopted her - the beautiful, upstanding Delia - and her true mother, her plain, unmarried ‘aunt’ Charlotte, who gave Tina up to provide her with a socially acceptable life.

The three women live quietly together until Tina’s wedding day, when Delia’s and Charlotte’s hidden jealousies rush to the surface. Originally serialized in The Red Book magazine in 1922, The Old Maid is an examination of class and society as only Edith Wharton could undertake.

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A moving, restrained, balanced little gem. A defining Wharton novelette in which the mores and attendant dilemmas of a long gone era are vividly evoked with a humour and compassion that keeps them timelessly fresh.

Perfection

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So moving, exquisite writing and so sensitively narrated. I have discovered Edith Wharton via audible and it’s a revelation!

Stunning

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full of subtlety and deep feeling. The two protagonists are extraordinary characters, and their dilemma is truly a tragic one. I loved the reading - excellent.
I can’t help feeling this might have made a great 1940s film with Aunt Charlotte being played by Bette Davis !

This is a wonderful story

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For such a short story the author gives such vivid descriptions of the characters and their emotions

Emotional and Uplifting

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A wonderful story from The Gilded Age era . Very moving. The narration was excellent.

Another Wharton Gem

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