The Morgesons
Author(s): Elizabeth Stoddard
Genre(s): General Fiction
Narrators: Jlenardon
Number of Chapters: 42
Length: 11 hours and 13 minutes
Language: English
Stoddard’s novel traces the education and development of a young female in American middle-class society. The protagonist, Cassandra Morgeson, is educated by a series of journeys she makes throughout her youth and early adulthood. Each new setting represents a different stage in her intellectual development.
Cassandra is born in Surrey, a small New England town. Surrey is quiet and isolated, granting a young woman little intellectual stimulation. Cassandra escapes the boredom of domestic life through stories of adventure and exploration. Surrey instills in Cassandra a restlessness that drives her quest for knowledge and experience.
(Introduction by Wikipedia)