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Author(s): Hardy, Thomas
Reader(s): Bentinck, Anna
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Catalogue No: NA0341
Barcode: 9781781982044
Release Date: 01/2019
HARDY, T.: Laodicean (A) (Unabridged)
Subtitled ‘A Story of To-day’, A Laodicean occupies a unique place in the Thomas Hardy canon. Departing from pre-industrial Wessex, Hardy brings his themes of social constraint, fate, chance and miscommunication to the very modern world of the 1880s—complete with falsified telegraphs, fake photographs, and perilous train tracks. The story follows the life of Paula Power, heiress of her late father’s railroad fortune and the new owner of the medieval Castle Stancy. With the castle in need of restoration, Paula employs architect George Somerset, who soon falls in love with her. However, Paula’s dreams of nobility draw her to another suitor, Captain de Stancy, who is aided by his villainous son, William Dare…
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Disc 1
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1 | A Laodicean | 09:15 |
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2 | It is an old story… | 07:57 |
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3 | Chapter 2 | 09:45 |
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4 | She stood upon the brink of the pool… | 09:04 |
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5 | At this moment there was not in the whole chapel… | 12:28 |
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6 | Chapter 3 | 08:34 |
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7 | While looking at the pictures… | 08:00 |
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Disc 2
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1 | Chapter 4 | 08:52 |
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2 | She went out upon the terrace… | 11:33 |
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3 | As this remark called for no reply… | 10:32 |
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4 | Chapter 5 | 09:54 |
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5 | He was an old man of tall and spare build… | 12:07 |
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6 | It was quite late in the afternoon when Somerset… | 07:17 |
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Disc 3
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1 | Chapter 6 | 07:07 |
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2 | A latent power in the man, or boy… | 10:30 |
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3 | Chapter 7 | 10:47 |
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4 | There was a moment of embarrassment… | 08:32 |
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5 | Chapter 8 | 07:04 |
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6 | These queries and thoughts occupied the mind… | 08:06 |
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7 | There was a silence of a minute… | 07:39 |
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Disc 4
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1 | Chapter 9 | 08:03 |
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2 | She signified that he was to sit down… | 09:39 |
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3 | Chapter 10 | 12:25 |
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4 | Chapter 11 | 09:28 |
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5 | The sombre mood quite vanished when… | 11:13 |
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6 | Chapter 12 | 10:06 |
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7 | The tunnel-cutting appeared a dreary gulf… | 09:38 |
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1 | Chapter 13 | 06:12 |
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2 | Rooks were cawing, sparrows were chattering there… | 09:00 |
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3 | Chapter 14 | 07:07 |
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4 | They walked on till they reached the old black pew… | 07:08 |
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5 | Chapter 15 | 12:03 |
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6 | Somerset looked at Miss Deverell… | 11:17 |
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7 | Book 2: Chapter 1 | 09:38 |
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8 | Havill took the lad towards the tent… | 10:07 |
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Disc 6
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1 | Chapter 2 | 10:50 |
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2 | They went down the town… | 10:20 |
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3 | Chapter 3 | 12:12 |
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4 | Chapter 4 | 10:29 |
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5 | They came to a narrow brook… | 09:54 |
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Disc 7
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1 | Chapter 5 | 11:07 |
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2 | 'It is not so easy to avoid the sight…' | 11:19 |
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3 | Chapter 6 | 11:55 |
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4 | Chapter 7 | 09:58 |
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5 | Book 3: Chapter 1 | 10:32 |
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6 | De Stancy had turned the dialogue… | 09:24 |
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Disc 8
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1 | Chapter 2 | 10:02 |
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2 | The stock verbiage of the family memoir… | 11:20 |
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3 | Chapter 3 | 10:46 |
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4 | De Stancy told Paula of Havill's misfortunes… | 10:23 |
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5 | Chapter 4 | 10:02 |
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6 | When the message was fairly gone out… | 09:37 |
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Disc 9
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1 | Chapter 5 | 08:50 |
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2 | The young man confessed his wish to know… | 08:41 |
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3 | Chapter 6 | 09:46 |
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4 | The whole lucid explanation broke across… | 11:19 |
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5 | Chapter 7 | 08:35 |
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6 | Chapter 8 | 13:28 |
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Disc 10
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1 | Chapter 9 | 07:32 |
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2 | Her eye caught Somerset's, and she stopped. | 08:02 |
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3 | Chapter 10 | 08:35 |
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4 | It was now time for him to see about starting… | 09:42 |
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5 | Chapter 11 | 13:43 |
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6 | Though he saw her again after this… | 12:19 |
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Disc 11
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1 | Book 4: Chapter 1 | 08:46 |
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2 | Somerset had a suspicion that her order to him… | 10:00 |
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3 | Chapter 2 | 06:41 |
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4 | He waited for the answer, one day, two days, a week… | 07:40 |
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5 | Chapter 3 | 07:58 |
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6 | Although his haste had involved an unpleasant… | 09:16 |
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7 | Chapter 4 | 07:25 |
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8 | Dare was at that moment the victim… | 09:49 |
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Disc 12
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1 | Chapter 5 | 11:37 |
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2 | Book 5: Chapter 1 | 07:32 |
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3 | De Stancy did this with a hand that shook… | 08:18 |
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4 | Chapter 2 | 06:56 |
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5 | Onward and upward they went… | 07:34 |
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6 | Chapter 3 | 07:43 |
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7 | 'Well,' said De Stancy, looking him in the face. | 06:42 |
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8 | Chapter 4 | 14:22 |
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1 | Chapter 5 | 07:08 |
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2 | In this architectural dialogue over his sketches… | 08:12 |
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3 | Chapter 6 | 10:29 |
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4 | Chapter 7 | 07:35 |
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5 | Paula had not the remotest conception… | 08:10 |
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6 | Chapter 8 | 11:52 |
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7 | Chapter 9 | 07:01 |
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8 | When they had discussed the scene… | 08:04 |
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1 | Chapter 10 | 08:41 |
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2 | Milly was one of the maids… | 09:33 |
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3 | 'My darling; my Paula!' he said, seizing her hand. | 08:51 |
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4 | Chapter 11 | 07:27 |
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5 | The funeral was over… | 09:18 |
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6 | 'Sitting lonely and apathetic without a light…' | 11:08 |
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1 | Chapter 12 | 07:27 |
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2 | Somerset began reflecting on what messages… | 09:42 |
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3 | Chapter 13 | 11:26 |
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4 | Chapter 14 | 06:19 |
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5 | 'My dearest Paula,' repeated De Stancy faintly… | 08:15 |
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6 | Book 6: Chapter 1 | 09:13 |
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7 | 'He'll never forgive you,' said her aunt… | 08:46 |
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1 | Chapter 2 | 08:26 |
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2 | It was a gloomy place enough that she found… | 10:41 |
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3 | Chapter 3 | 10:58 |
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4 | Though she slept badly that night… | 11:32 |
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5 | Chapter 4 | 07:03 |
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6 | 'He's the man she ought to have married,'… | 07:12 |
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7 | Chapter 5 | 07:46 |
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8 | Paula had first read this through silently… | 10:11 |
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Total Playing Time: 17:05:34