About the book
A young couple’s marriage becomes entangled with an overbearing relative’s plans for their child.
LibriVox recording; public domain in the United States.
Recorded by LibriVox volunteers. Audio hosted by the Internet Archive. Original recording and credits.
Listen chapter by chapter
- 01 - Book 1, Ch. 1: A Pawn of Fate · 25 minutes
- 02 - Book 1, Ch. 2: Ruth States Her Intention · 17 minutes
- 03 - Book 1, Ch. 3: The Mates Meet · 15 minutes
- 04 - Book 1, Ch. 4: Troubled Waters · 24 minutes
- 05 - Book 1, Ch. 5: Wherein Opposites Agree · 25 minutes
- 06 - Book 1, Ch. 6: Breaking the News · 16 minutes
- 07 - Book 1, Ch. 7: Sufficient Unto Themselves · 27 minutes
- 08 - Book 1, Ch. 8: Suspense · 16 minutes
- 09 - Book 1, Ch. 9: The White Hope Is Turned Down · 20 minutes
- 10 - Book 1, Ch. 10: An Interlude of Peace · 11 minutes
- 11 - Book 1, Ch. 11: Stung to Action · 13 minutes
- 12 - Book 1, Ch. 12: A Climax · 12 minutes
- 13 - Book 2, Ch. 1: Empty-Handed · 16 minutes
- 14 - Book 2, Ch. 2: An Unknown Path · 26 minutes
- 15 - Book 2, Ch. 3: The Misadventure of Steve · 19 minutes
- 16 - Book 2, Ch. 4: The Widening Gap · 15 minutes
- 17 - Book 2, Ch. 5: The Real Thing · 13 minutes
- 18 - Book 2, Ch. 6: The Outcasts · 19 minutes
- 19 - Book 2, Ch. 7: Cutting the Tangled Knot · 35 minutes
- 20 - Book 2, Ch. 8: Steve to the Rescue · 8 minutes
- 21 - Book 2, Ch. 9: At One in the Morning · 16 minutes
- 22 - Book 2, Ch. 10: Accepting the Gifts of the Gods · 14 minutes
- 23 - Book 2, Ch. 11: Mr. Penway on the Grill · 18 minutes
- 24 - Book 2, Ch. 12: Dolls with Souls · 20 minutes
- 25 - Book 2, Ch. 13: Pastures Anew · 11 minutes
- 26 - Book 2, Ch. 14: The Sixty-First Street Cyclone · 16 minutes
- 27 - Book 2, Ch. 15: Mrs. Porter's Waterloo · 16 minutes
- 28 - Book 2, Ch. 16: The White-Hope Link · 5 minutes