The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax
Author(s): Harriet Parr
Genre(s): Romance, Published 1800 -1900
Narrators: Julian Pratley, Steven Jon Peterson, Jdb4388, Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth, Alix Grace, Jessica Hendra, Jim Locke, Sorgeaw, Jenno, Michele Eaton, Maesie Smith, Dessa Dixon, Wendy Hall
Number of Chapters: 50
Length: 14 hours and 41 minutes
Language: English
This is the coming of age story of Bessie Fairfax. A story about a girl who learns to see the world is it is and navigate in it. This is a vivid and charming story by Harriet Parr, who wrote under the pseudonym of Holm Lee. She was a best selling author in her days, admired even by Charles Dickens. Her descriptions of the English town, which was fast disappearing due to the industrial revolution, reminds one of novels by Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot. - Summary by Stav Nisser.