Revelations of a Wife
Adele Garrison
Read by Maire Rhode
Adele Garrison was the nom de plume of Nana Springer White, an American writer. Her career included time as a schoolteacher in Milwaukee. She later worked as an editor for the Milwaukee Sentinel and then a reporter and writer for the Chicago Examiner and Chicago American.
"Revelations of a Wife" ran as a serial story in her daily newspaper column in multiple American newspapers from 1915 until the Depression. It told the story of the marital ups and downs of Margaret "Madge" Graham, an independent-minded former schoolteacher, and her husband Dicky, an artist. At the height of the story's popularity, it had one million regular readers. (Summary by Wikipedia) (11 hr 47 min)
Chapters
| "I will be happy! I will! I will!" | 8:28 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| The First Quarrel | 11:59 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| Known to Fame as Lillian Gale | 17:51 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| Divided Opinions | 10:50 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| "Always your Jack" | 11:54 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| A Maid and Model | 17:19 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| A Friendly Warning | 15:45 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| A Tragedy Averted | 16:08 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| The Girl on the Train | 14:10 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| "Grace by name and grace by nature" | 22:28 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| "I owe you too much" | 14:48 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| Lost and Found | 22:15 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| "If you aren't cross and displeased" | 19:25 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| A Quarrel and a Crisis | 12:29 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| "But I love you" | 15:52 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| Interrupted Sightseeing | 16:46 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| A Danger and a Problem | 19:01 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| "Call me Mother--if you can" | 21:43 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| Lillian Underwood's Story | 27:22 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| Little Miss Sonnot's Opportunity | 16:08 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| Life's Jog-Trot and a Quarrel | 16:54 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| An Amazing Discovery | 19:07 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| "Bluebeard's closet" | 14:19 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| A Summer of Happiness That Ends in Fear | 20:20 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| Playing the Game | 23:30 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| A Voice That Carried far | 15:51 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| :How nearly I lost you!" | 20:15 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| A Dark Night and a Troubled Dawn | 19:06 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| "But you will never know---" | 13:53 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| The Weeks That Followed | 7:42 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| A Mysterious Stranger | 16:47 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| "The dearest friend I ever had" | 19:00 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| "Mother" Graham Has Something to Say | 13:08 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| A Message From The Past | 12:11 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| The Word of Jack | 17:19 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| "And yet--" | 14:46 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| A Change in Lillian Underwood | 16:21 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| "No--nurse--just--Lillian" | 16:04 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| Harry Calls to Say Good-Bye | 15:21 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| Madge Faces The Past and Hears a Door Softly Close | 10:40 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| Why Did Dicky Go? | 22:08 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| Days That Creep Slowly By | 19:37 | Read by Maire Rhode |
| "Take me home" | 10:00 | Read by Maire Rhode |
Reviews
recommend
ellene3C@comcast.net
Fine narration. A little slow in parts but that might be me. The wife is maddeningly long-suffering but thank god she breaks from her passivity when pushed too far. 3 dimensional character. Thumbs up.
Bob L.
Interesting take on marriage. Can’t say I disagree entirely; but then that’s what makes story-telling so engaging.
Great book. Lovely to be taken back to such old times
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Tony Holland
Interesting story of a past era and perfectly read.