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An Old-Fashioned Girl (Dramatic Reading)
by Louisa May ALCOTT (1832 - 1888)Preface and Dramatis Personae
When country girl Polly Milton comes to visit her friend Fanny Shaw, city life isn’t all she had hoped it would be. Thrown in the middle of a dysfunctional family, Polly remembers the teachings of her wise mother, and does her best to plant seeds of cheerfulness, honesty, and respect -- and teaching virtue by example. Four years later, Polly returns to scratch out a living as a music teacher, but finds herself mixed up in much more than piano lessons. Through heartache and love triangles, temptation and tragedy, Polly’s story shows that even the dreams of old-fashioned girls can come true.
Listen next episodes of An Old-Fashioned Girl (Dramatic Reading):
Chapter 1: Polly Arrives , Chapter 10: Brothers and Sisters , Chapter 11: Needles and Tongues , Chapter 12: Forbidden Fruit , Chapter 13: The Sunny Side , Chapter 14: Nipped in the Bud , Chapter 15: Breakers Ahead , Chapter 16: A Dress Parade , Chapter 17: Playing Grandmother , Chapter 18: The Woman Who Did Not Dare , Chapter 19: Tom's Success , Chapter 2: New Fashions , Chapter 3: Polly's Troubles , Chapter 4: Little Things , Chapter 5: Scrapes , Chapter 6: Grandma , Chapter 7: Good-By , Chapter 8: Six Years Afterward , Chapter 9: Lessons