Regiment of Women
Clemence Dane
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Set in a small town in Edwardian England, Regiment of Women is about the relationship between two teachers at a private (and elitist) girls' school. One of them, Clare Hartill, is in her mid-thirties and runs the school in all but name. Most of the girls are devoted to Hartill and gladly suffer under her strict but charismatic rule. The other teacher is Alwynne Durand, an attractive nineteen-year-old woman who lives with Elsbeth Loveday, her unmarried aunt and guardian. When Durand starts teaching at the school she is immediately popular with her students but also excites Hartill's attention. The two women become close friends, and the couple also travel abroad together during the summer holidays. Although Loveday and Hartill hardly ever meet, a strange kind of antagonism develops between them, each woman fighting to spend more time than they do with Alwynne Durand and to be the dominant person in Alwynne's life.
Famous for its veiled references to lesbian relationships, this novel was said to have inspired Radclyffe Hall's "The Well of Loneliness". - Summary by Beth Thomas
Dedicated to Beth Thomas (13 hr 49 min)
Chapters
Chapter 1 | 18:23 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 2 | 12:32 | Read by Bhavya |
Chapter 3 | 18:49 | Read by Elsie Selwyn |
Chapter 4 | 7:46 | Read by Bhavya |
Chapter 5 | 34:35 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 6 | 17:45 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 7 | 17:08 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 8 | 20:32 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 9 | 20:35 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 10 | 18:03 | Read by Courtney S |
Chapter 11 | 8:08 | Read by Courtney S |
Chapter 12 | 35:14 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 13 | 25:43 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 14 | 11:16 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 15 | 31:54 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 16 | 15:55 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 17 | 22:21 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 18 | 14:12 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 19 | 18:11 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 20 | 17:17 | Read by Lola Janie |
Chapter 21 | 12:44 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 22 | 24:30 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 23 | 9:46 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 24 | 13:12 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 25 | 16:36 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 26 | 24:22 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 27 | 18:51 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 28 | 5:11 | Read by ChadH94 |
Chapter 29 | 9:59 | Read by Lynette Caulkins |
Chapter 30 | 14:39 | Read by Lola Janie |
Chapter 31 | 22:36 | Read by Sky Asimaru |
Chapter 32 | 14:37 | Read by Sky Asimaru |
Chapter 33 | 22:15 | Read by Sky Asimaru |
Chapter 34 | 21:16 | Read by Sky Asimaru |
Chapter 35 | 17:23 | Read by Sky Asimaru |
Chapter 36 | 10:29 | Read by Lynette Caulkins |
Chapter 37 | 18:10 | Read by Lynette Caulkins |
Chapter 38 | 13:45 | Read by Lynette Caulkins |
Chapter 39 | 20:24 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 40 | 24:44 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 41 | 18:26 | Read by Hopeforce1 |
Chapter 42 | 19:55 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 43 | 14:19 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 44 | 15:35 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Chapter 45 | 4:20 | Read by Lola Janie |
Chapter 46 | 19:13 | Read by Lola Janie |
Chapter 47 | 15:25 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Reviews
Zriika
This story was a little too long and drawn out. It is a story of the psychological manipulation of a new teacher at an all-girl school by the head mistress. From a historical perspective, it is interesting to see how the lesbian was presented: deviant, self-centered, cold and manipulative with no redeeming qualities. There is nothing sexually explicit in the book other than one passionate kiss. However, the story left a dirty, creepy feeling that was not wholly alleviated by the happy ending.