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Mr Hogarth's Will

by Catherine Helen SPENCE (1825 - 1910)

Mr. Brandon In Edinburgh

Jane and Elsie Melville were raised by their kindly but eccentric uncle, Mr Hogarth who believed that women were just as good as men, and thus gave his nieces a boy's education. Upon his death, they find that he has left his entire fortune to his heretofore unknown son and left them only a small allowance, expecting them to make their own way in the world using the education he furnished them. Will the girls survive in a world that expects them, at the most, to become governesses? (summary by Karen Savage)

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Listen next episodes of Mr Hogarth's Will:
A Bonnet Gained And A Lover Lost , A Letter From Australia For Francis, Which Causes Surprise In An Unexpected Quarter , A Seance , Another Good-Bye , Business Interrupted By Love , Chiefly Political , Dr. Grant Prosecutes His Suit With Caution And Success, And Brandon Finds His Love-Making All To Do Over Again , Elsie Accepts Of A New Situation , Elsie Melville's Letter , Elsie Refuses An Excellent Offer , Elsie's Situation , Epilogue , Francis Hogarth's Canvass And Election , Francis Makes A Favourable Impression On Harriett Phillips , Good-Bye , Good News For Francis , Harriett Phillips Does A Little Bit Of Shopping, Which Is Somewhat Fatal To Her Projects , How Francis Received The Good News , Jane's Situation , Meeting , Miss Phillips Meets With A Congenial Spirit In Victoria , Mr. Brandon's Second Proposal To Elsie, And Its Fate , Mrs. Peck , Mrs. Peck's Communication , Mrs. Peck's Disappointment , Mrs. Peck's Progress , Mrs. Phillips Is Relieved , Mrs. Phillips's First Grief , Not So Bad, After All , Peggy's Visitors, And Francis' Resolution , Raising The Wind , Spiritualism, Love, And Politics , What Can Be Made Of It?