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The Edith Wharton Library

The Edith Wharton Library

De: Edith Wharton
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In The Edith Wharton Library, we open the drawing-room doors of another age and read the novels, tales, and travels in which society’s bright surfaces so often betray a darker design. Here are marriages arranged like treaties, fortunes that tremble at a whisper, and hearts that learn - too late - the cost of propriety.

Each episode offers a full-length chapter reading, patiently and plainly delivered, for listeners who prefer their drama civilized, their comedy edged, and their ghosts the sort that appear most often in daylight.Public domain
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  • The Valley of Decision Book I - The Old Order - Section 1.6

    The Valley of Decision Book I - The Old Order - Section 1.6
    Apr 17 2026
    In which young Odo embarks on a solemn pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Oropa, encountering a faded prima donna whose poignant tale of lost glory and hardship stirs both compassion and reflection amidst the mingled piety and gaiety of the devotees. The chapter traces Odo’s impressionable awakening to the complex world beyond his sheltered upbringing, mingling sacred devotion with the worldly shadows that cluster inevitably around human endeavour.
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    25 m
  • The Valley of Decision Book I - The Old Order - Section 1.5

    The Valley of Decision Book I - The Old Order - Section 1.5
    Apr 17 2026
    In which the long, cold winters at the Donnaz castle unfold a quiet tapestry of isolation and courtly reminiscence, with the youthful Odo finding solace in ancient tales and the shifting moods of his family’s fortunes. The arrival of a neighbouring lord and the ensuing social manoeuvres cast new light on the rigid hierarchies and constrained choices that shape their world.
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    17 m
  • The Valley of Decision Book I - The Old Order - Section 1.4

    The Valley of Decision Book I - The Old Order - Section 1.4
    Apr 16 2026
    In which a young boy, accompanied by his distant mother, journeys through stark and somber landscapes to an ancient, fortress-like family castle, where the austere household and shadowed mysteries of its walls unveil a world both forbidding and deeply steeped in tradition. Amidst the disciplined spiritual tutelage of a fervent chaplain and the stern yet paternal presence of his grandfather, the boy grapples with the competing allure of saintly devotion and worldly pursuits, his youthful imagination caught between visions of monastic serenity and the vigorous demands of noble duty.
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    21 m
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