The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen by Elizabeth von Arnim audiobook.

Genre: adventure

In this semi-autobiographical travel comedy of manners, Elizabeth von Arnim sends her quick-witted alter ego, Elizabeth, off to the Baltic island of Rugen in the summer of 1901 with an unlikely expedition: a maid, a driver, a carriage stacked with luggage, and a woman friend who seems determined to knit through every surprise the road can offer. Elizabeth dreams of exploring the island on foot for the pure freedom of it, but plans rarely survive first contact with weather, timetables, and other people's ideas of what a lady ought to do. As the carriage rolls from seaside views to village encounters, Elizabeth sketches the landscape with rapturous attention and turns her sharp, self-deprecating humor on the petty tyrannies of comfort and convention. Along the way she collects a gallery of memorable figures: a snobbish bishop's wife, her personable son, a dressmaker, and an unexpected cousin, Charlotte, whose complicated domestic situation threatens to turn a quiet holiday into a social tangle. Part travelogue, part character study, this is a charming, observant journey that finds adventure in the smallest detours.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:36:31) Chapter 02

(01:18:21) Chapter 03

(02:10:18) Chapter 04

(02:37:12) Chapter 05

(02:57:14) Chapter 06

(03:24:57) Chapter 07

(03:44:04) Chapter 08

(04:23:19) Chapter 09

(04:54:55) Chapter 10

(05:23:45) Chapter 11

(05:53:13) Chapter 12

(06:12:19) Chapter 13

(07:01:59) Chapter 14

(07:46:59) Chapter 15

(08:13:46) Chapter 16

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