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Mr Hogarth's Will

by Catherine Helen SPENCE (1825 - 1910)

Peggy Walker's Adventures, part 1

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 Literary Venture, and Its Success , 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 In Edinburgh , 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 Walker's Adventures, part 2 , Peggy's Visitors, And Francis' Resolution , Raising The Wind , Some Grave Talk In Gay Company , Spiritualism, Love, And Politics , What Can Be Made Of It?