Spiritualism, Love, And Politics

Mr Hogarth's Will

by Catherine Helen SPENCE (1825 - 1910)

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)

Listen next episodes of Mr Hogarth's Will:
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 Melville's Letter , Epilogue , Francis Hogarth's Canvass And Election , Good-Bye , 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 , Raising The Wind , What Can Be Made Of It?