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Regiment of Women

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(2,833 Sterne; 3 Bewertungen)

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

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Chapter 5

34:35

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 6

17:45

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Chapter 7

17:08

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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

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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

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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

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Chapter 33

22:15

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Chapter 34

21:16

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Chapter 35

17:23

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Chapter 36

10:29

Read by Lynette Caulkins

Chapter 37

18:10

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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

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Chapter 42

19:55

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 43

14:19

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Chapter 44

15:35

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Chapter 45

4:20

Read by Lola Janie

Chapter 46

19:13

Read by Lola Janie

Chapter 47

15:25

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Bewertungen

(2,5 Sterne)

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.