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The Freelands

The Freelands

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Number of Chapters: 39

Length: 09 hours and 50 minutes

Language: English

The Freelands family is a mixture: Tod Freeland is an uncommunicative gentle giant, his wife Kirsteen passionate and free-spoken, Felix is a literary man, Stanley the man of business, John is in politics. Their mother is a practical uncomprehending old lady while Nedda and Derek, the younger generation and cousins, fall head over heels in love.
The story revolves around the ‘land question’ which was the chief matter of moment when the novel was written – British agriculture was depressed as imported food (chiefly from the USA) meant that domestic farmers were struggling. The rich landowners pay scant attention to the wishes and rights of the labourers on their land. The Freelands find themselves on both sides of the divide and the ensuing struggle involves them all.
There is therefore much social commentary in the book, but it is also a tender love story and an insight into how different members of one family can think differently while still bonded together. (Summary by Simon Evers)

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Prologue (Simon Evers)
Chapter 1 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 2 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 3 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 4 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 5 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 6 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 7 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 8 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 9 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 10 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 11 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 12 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 13 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 14 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 15 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 16 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 17 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 18 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 19 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 20 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 21 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 22 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 23 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 24 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 25 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 26 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 27 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 28 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 29 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 30 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 31 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 32 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 33 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 34 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 35 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 36 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 37 (Simon Evers)
Chapter 38 (Simon Evers)
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