One Day's Courtship and The Heralds of Fame

Author(s): Robert Barr

Genre(s): Humorous Fiction, Romance

Narrators: Nat Spratt

Number of Chapters: 13

Length: 03 hours and 17 minutes

Language: English

Robert Barr approaches romance in two short stories in his engaging and subtly humorous style.

In One Day's Courtship, British artist John Trenton visits Quebec and tries to slip in a quick canoe trip on his last day in town to photograph the scenic Shawenegan Falls.

In The Heralds of Fame, a freshman novelist heads to America with his suitcase packed with copies of his new book. Before heading out, he panic buys an extra copy of his own book at a bookstand to buoy sales after observing someone pass it up. This sets off a chain of events.
- Summary by Nat Spratt