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The Glory Of The Conquered

by Susan GLASPELL (1876 - 1948)

Chapter VI - "Gloria Victis"

"The Glory Of The Conquered, The Story Of A Great Love" is Susan Glaspell's first novel. It tells the story of Karl, who was blinded after being injured by a lab experiment and his wife, Ernestine, who nursed him". - Summary by Stav Nisser.

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Listen next episodes of The Glory Of The Conquered:
Chapter IX - As the Surgeon Saw It , Chapter VII - Ernestine in Her Studio , Chapter VIII - Science, Art, and Love , Chapter X - Karl in His Laboratory , Chapter XI - Pictures in the Embers , Chapter XII - A Warning and a Premonition , Chapter XIII - An Uncrossed Bridge , Chapter XIV - "To the Great Unwhimpering!" , Chapter XIX - Into the Dark , Chapter XL - "Let There Be Light!" , Chapter XLI - When the Tide Came In , Chapter XLII - Work the Saviour , Chapter XLIII - "And There Was Light" , Chapter XV - The Verdict , Chapter XVI - "Good Luck, Beason!" , Chapter XVII - Distant Strains of Triumph , Chapter XVIII - Telling Ernestine , Chapter XX - Marriage and Paper Bags , Chapter XXI - Factory-Made Optimism , Chapter XXII - A Blind Man's Twilight , Chapter XXIII - Her Vision , Chapter XXIV - Love Challenges Fate , Chapter XXIX - Unpainted Masterpieces , Chapter XXV - Dr. Parkman's Way , Chapter XXVI - Old-Fashioned Love , Chapter XXVII - Learning to Be Karl's Eyes , Chapter XXVIII - With Broken Sword , Chapter XXX - Eyes for Two , Chapter XXXI - Science and Super-Science , Chapter XXXII - The Doctor Has His Way , Chapter XXXIII - Love's Own Hour , Chapter XXXIV - Almost Dawn , Chapter XXXIX - Ash Heap and Rose Jar , Chapter XXXV - "Oh Hurry--Hurry!" , Chapter XXXVI - With the Outgoing Tide , Chapter XXXVII - Beneath Dead Leaves , Chapter XXXVIII - Patchwork Quilts