It’s 1851 and the Crystal Palace Exhibition is on in England. English American the Reverend Dr. Choules leaves Newport, Rhode Island with three teenaged students - James Robinson, George Vanderbuilt, and Weld French, who are forced to leave the fourth member of their blue-blooded quartet at home - and all four travelers promise to write to “Dear Charley”, Charles Duston, of later fame. The boys meet the Duke of Wellington, travel down the Rhine, and meet many friends along the way. While the letters are filled with some prejudice against the Catholic religion, they are a product of their time - a sometimes ignorant, but often dazzling, period of our history. (Summary by Sibella Denton)
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Letter 00 - Introduction Read by Sibella Denton 1:54
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Letter 02 Read by Sibella Denton 12:52
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Letter 03 Read by Sibella Denton 8:30
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Letter 04 Read by Sibella Denton 7:09
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Letter 05 Read by Sibella Denton 8:11
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Letter 06 Read by Sibella Denton 6:24
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Letter 07 Read by Sibella Denton 8:56
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Letter 08 Read by Sibella Denton 8:53
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Letter 09 Read by Sibella Denton 8:14
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Letter 10 Read by Sibella Denton 5:32
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Letter 11 Read by Sibella Denton 9:04
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Letter 12 Read by Sibella Denton 9:16
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Letter 13 Read by Sibella Denton 7:03
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Letter 14 Read by Sibella Denton 6:35
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Letter 15 Read by Sibella Denton 10:09
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Letter 16 Read by Sibella Denton 27:22
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Letter 17 Read by Sibella Denton 6:43
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Letter 18 Read by Sibella Denton 17:12
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Letter 19 Read by Sibella Denton 7:40
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Letter 20 Read by Sibella Denton 11:16
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Letter 21 Read by Sibella Denton 6:59
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Letter 22 Read by Sibella Denton 5:51
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Letter 23 Read by Sibella Denton 5:04
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Letter 24 Read by Sibella Denton 7:20
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Letter 25 Read by Sibella Denton 9:07
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Letter 26 Read by Sibella Denton 7:15
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Letter 27 Read by Sibella Denton 11:48
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Letter 28 Read by Sibella Denton 6:46
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Letter 29 Read by Sibella Denton 6:11
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Letter 30 Read by Sibella Denton 5:37
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Letter 31 Read by Sibella Denton 11:13
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Letter 32 Read by Sibella Denton 7:16
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Letter 33 Read by Sibella Denton 6:31
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Letter 34 Read by Sibella Denton 10:43
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Letter 35 Read by Sibella Denton 6:49
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Letter 36 Read by Sibella Denton 10:54
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Letter 37 Read by Sibella Denton 8:51
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Letter 38 Read by Sibella Denton 6:52
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Letter 39 Read by Sibella Denton 11:26
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Letter 40 Read by Sibella Denton 9:37
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Letter 41 Read by Sibella Denton 16:17
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Letter 42 Read by Sibella Denton 8:23
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Letter 43 Read by Sibella Denton 3:42
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Letter 44 Read by Sibella Denton 8:01
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Letter 45 Read by Sibella Denton 6:32
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Letter 46 Read by Sibella Denton 13:18
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Letter 47 Read by Sibella Denton 4:14
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Letter 48 Read by Sibella Denton 14:22
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Letter 49 Read by Sibella Denton 11:41
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Letter 50 Read by Sibella Denton 6:24
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Letter 51 Read by Sibella Denton 5:48
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Letter 52 Read by Sibella Denton 6:18
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Letter 53 Read by Sibella Denton 19:20
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Letter 54 Read by Sibella Denton 8:16
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Letter 55 Read by Sibella Denton 9:27
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