Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work
L. Frank Baum
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The novel carries forward the continuing story of the three cousins Louise Merrick, Beth De Graf, and Patsy Doyle, and their circle. The title is somewhat misleading; it could more accurately have been called Aunt Jane's Nieces in Politics. (Uncle John Merrick tells his nieces that politics is "work," which yields the title.)
The story begins three days after the end of the previous book, Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville; the freckled and red-haired Patsy still sports a sunburn from her summer in the Adirondacks. She and Louise have received letters from their "cousin" Kenneth Forbes, the young man who inherited Aunt Jane's estate in the first book of the series. Kenneth has become involved in politics: he is running as the Republican candidate for the local seat in the New York State legislature, but thinks he is going to lose to his opponent. The family decide to go all out to help Kenneth win the election... (Summary by Wikipedia) (5 hr 11 min)
Chapters
01 - MISS DOYLE INTERFERES | 14:56 | Read by Linda Andrus |
02 - THE ARTIST | 15:05 | Read by Linda Andrus |
03 - DON QUIXOTE | 11:46 | Read by Kalynda |
04 - KENNETH TAKES A BOLD STEP | 11:38 | Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan |
05 - PLANNING THE WORK | 17:45 | Read by Linda Andrus |
06 - A GOOD START | 13:55 | Read by cher0520 |
07 - PATSY MAKES PROGRESS | 15:36 | Read by Pamela Krantz |
08 - THE HONORABLE ERASTUS IS ASTONISHED | 18:44 | Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan |
09 - OL\' WILL ROGERS | 17:30 | Read by Cheri Gardner |
10 - THE FORGED CHECK | 12:42 | Read by LadyBug |
11 - A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE | 12:50 | Read by Lori Fuller Chugiak, AK |
12 - BETH MEETS A REBUFF | 12:27 | Read by LadyBug |
13 - THE BOOMERANG | 13:01 | Read by beckyboyd |
14 - LUCY\'S GHOST | 11:02 | Read by Katryn Wiese |
15 - SIGNS OF THE TIMES | 19:22 | Read by Linda Andrus |
16 - A CLEW AT LAST | 18:52 | Read by Katryn Wiese |
17 - MRS. HOPKINS GOSSIPS | 14:21 | Read by Ted Nugent |
18 - ELIZA PARSONS | 17:57 | Read by Patti Cunningham |
19 - PATSY INDULGES IN EAVESDROPPING | 8:21 | Read by Boyu Huang |
20 - PRICKING A BUBBLE | 15:36 | Read by Linda Fredericks |
21 - THE \"RETURNS\" FROM FAIRVIEW | 7:27 | Read by Diana Majlinger |
22 - THE AWAKENING | 10:51 | Read by LaurenMori |
Reviews
Enjoyable Story
Athena’s Grandma
Fun and Sweet story with Great Readers, except chapter 17, I had to listen to it twice to understand what was said, the second time I used the speed adjuster to make the voice faster and clearer. The ending of the story could have been more lengthy. But all in all I really enjoyed it.
easy listening
Trisha
Another nice story. A couple of the readers weren't as interesting as the others.
Great book!
JackiLyn Friesen
Very well read... Wish there was more to the ending!