Robert Elsmere
Mary Augusta Ward
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Length 28 h 38 min
Chapters 51
First published 1888
Essentially the book covers the life of Robert Elsmere, a boyishly intellectual clergyman. The first part covers his meeting with and eventual marriage to Catherine Leyburn. After a period as a country vicar, Robert’s meetings with the local squire, an intellectual atheist, lead to his having a crisis of faith. The pair move to London where Robert works with the poor and uneducated. The lives of the people closely associated with the pair are also covered.
The book is set against the late Victorian world and its reactions to Darwinism, Unitarianism and the rise of secularism and modernism. At the time, it was a runaway best seller and its attack on orthodox Christianity was fiercely debated by all, including Gladstone. - Summary by Simon Evers
Chapters
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Book 1, Chapter 1 Read by Simon Evers 35:14
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Book 1, Chapter 2 Read by Simon Evers 38:58
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Book 1, Chapter 3 Read by Simon Evers 40:02
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Book 1, Chapter 4 Read by Simon Evers 26:08
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Book 1, Chapter 5 Read by Simon Evers 57:18
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Book 1, Chapter 6 Read by Simon Evers 48:37
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Book 1, Chapter 7 Read by Simon Evers 46:28
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Book 1, Chapter 8 Read by Simon Evers 44:02
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Book 1, Chapter 9 Read by Simon Evers 33:40
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Book 1, Chapter 10 Read by Simon Evers 49:02
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Book 2, Chapter 11 Read by Simon Evers 34:37
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Book 2, Chapter 12 Read by Simon Evers 42:14
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Book 2, Chapter 13 Read by Simon Evers 33:26
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Book 2, Chapter 14 Read by Simon Evers 30:16
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Book 2, Chapter 15 Read by Simon Evers 33:25
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Book 2, Chapter 16 Read by Simon Evers 29:33
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Book 2, Chapter 17 Read by Simon Evers 39:28
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Book 2, Chapter 18 Read by Simon Evers 40:20
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Book 3, Chapter 19 Read by Simon Evers 44:21
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Book 3, Chapter 20 Read by Simon Evers 40:11
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Book 3, Chapter 21 Read by Simon Evers 44:26
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Book 3, Chapter 22 Read by Simon Evers 27:44
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Book 3, Chapter 23 Read by Simon Evers 19:00
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Book 3, Chapter 24 Read by Simon Evers 27:34
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Book 3, Chapter 25 Read by Simon Evers 31:22
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Book 4, Chapter 26 Read by Simon Evers 30:11
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Book 4, Chapter 27 Read by Simon Evers 37:09
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Book 4, Chapter 28 Read by Simon Evers 28:08
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Book 4, Chapter 29 Read by Simon Evers 23:30
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Book 4, Chapter 30 Read by Simon Evers 35:44
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Book 5, Chapter 31 Read by Simon Evers 33:33
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Book 5, Chapter 32 Read by Simon Evers 43:29
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Book 5, Chapter 33 Read by Simon Evers 33:06
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Book 5, Chapter 34 Read by Simon Evers 32:45
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Book 5, Chapter 35 Read by Simon Evers 31:27
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Book 5, Chapter 36 Read by Simon Evers 35:07
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Book 6, Chapter 37 Read by Simon Evers 19:43
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Book 6, Chapter 38 Read by Simon Evers 26:35
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Book 6, Chapter 39 Read by Simon Evers 34:52
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Book 6, Chapter 40 Read by Simon Evers 38:34
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Book 6, Chapter 41 Read by Simon Evers 26:16
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Book 6, Chapter 42 Read by Simon Evers 25:49
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Book 6, Chapter 43 Read by Simon Evers 34:34
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Book 6, Chapter 44 Read by Simon Evers 21:56
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Book 6, Chapter 45 Read by Simon Evers 28:02
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Book 7, Chapter 46 Read by Simon Evers 22:23
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Book 7, Chapter 47 Read by Simon Evers 25:59
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Book 7, Chapter 48 Read by Simon Evers 18:34
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Book 7, Chapter 49 Read by Simon Evers 24:12
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Book 7, Chapter 50 Read by Simon Evers 30:18
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Book 7, Chapter 51 Read by Simon Evers 38:48
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