Valley of Decision
Edith Wharton
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Length 16 h 52 min
Chapters 43
First published 1902
Odo Valsecca, a promising nobleman, inherits a dukedom at a young age and, over the course of his young life, must quickly learn the politics of royalty as he deals with other nobles, the church, the free-thinking movement, and, of course, his subjects, the peasants. Will he be able to rise to power in time, or will he quickly buckle under the pressures of the Italian court during the seventeenth century? Published in 1902, The Valley of Decision is Edith Wharton's first full length novel. - Summary by Mary Kay
Chapters
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Dedication. Read by Robert Keiper 0:45
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Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.2 Read by Robert Keiper 18:00
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Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.3 Read by Robert Keiper 13:57
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Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.4 Read by Robert Keiper 20:51
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Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.5 Read by Robert Keiper 17:04
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Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.6 Read by Robert Keiper 24:39
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Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.7 Read by Robert Keiper 18:41
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Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.8 Read by Robert Keiper 28:18
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Book I. The Old Order. Section 1.9 Read by Robert Keiper 17:09
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Book II. The New Light. Section 2.1 Read by Robert Keiper 17:51
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Book II. The New Light. Section 2.2 Read by Robert Keiper 12:26
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Book II. The New Light. Section 2.3 Read by Robert Keiper 18:27
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Book II. The New Light. Section 2.4 Read by Robert Keiper 29:45
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Book II. The New Light. Section 2.5 Read by Robert Keiper 20:11
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Book II. The New Light. Section 2.6 Read by Robert Keiper 20:08
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Book II. The New Light. Section 2.7 Read by Robert Keiper 22:03
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Book II. The New Light. Section 2.8 Read by Robert Keiper 6:34
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Book II. The New Light. Mirandolina's Story Read by Robert Keiper 15:58
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Book II. The New Light. Section 2.9 Read by Robert Keiper 31:38
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Book II. The New Light. Section 2.10 Read by Robert Keiper 26:04
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Book II. The New Light. Section 2.11 Read by Robert Keiper 28:22
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Book II. The New Light. Section 2.12 Read by Robert Keiper 23:02
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Book II. The New Light. Section 2.13 Read by Robert Keiper 22:45
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Book II. The New Light. Section 2.14 Read by Robert Keiper 33:08
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Book II. The New Light. Section 2.15 Read by Robert Keiper 41:29
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Book III. The Choice. Section 3.1 Read by Robert Keiper 43:37
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Book III. The Choice. Section 3.2 Read by Robert Keiper 21:24
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Book III. The Choice. Section 3.3 Read by Robert Keiper 48:45
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Book III. The Choice. Section 3.4 Read by Robert Keiper 22:48
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Book III. The Choice. Section 3.5 Read by Robert Keiper 23:00
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Book III. The Choice. Section 3.6 Read by Robert Keiper 32:31
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Book III. The Choice. Section 3.7 Read by Robert Keiper 21:45
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Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.1 Read by Robert Keiper 27:51
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Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.2 Read by Robert Keiper 23:19
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Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.3 Read by Robert Keiper 23:40
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Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.4 Read by Robert Keiper 8:53
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Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.5 Read by Robert Keiper 22:04
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Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.6 Read by Robert Keiper 20:40
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Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.7 Read by Robert Keiper 16:37
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Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.8 Read by Robert Keiper 26:21
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Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.9 Read by Robert Keiper 23:43
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Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.10 Read by Robert Keiper 21:59
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Book IV. The Reward. Section 4.11 Read by Robert Keiper 35:44
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