The Semi-Detached House (Free Audio Book)
The Semi-Detached House by Emily Eden- A free audiobook
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Narrated by Elizabeth Klett This is the free audiobook edition of Emily Eden’s humorous tale about a newly married and pregnant Lady Blanche Chester.
If you enjoy Jane Austen’s work the Emily Eden is right up your alley. First published in 1859 with a sequel, The Semi-Attached Couple, published the year after, Eden crafts a comic look into the life of a beautiful but short-tempered woman, Lady Blanche Chester. Moving into a new home in suburbia, Blanche will need to adapt to this new married life while her husband is away.However, being the new people in the neighborhood, she begins to be the talk of the town. And attention is something she does not need at the moment but her neighbors feel otherwise.
This free audiobook is narrated by the ever talented Elizabeth Klett who delivers in bringing to life this lighthearted tale of suburban life from the point of view of a rather hot-tempered lady.
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