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Virginia

by Ellen GLASGOW (1873 - 1945)

Book I: The Dream. Chapter 5: Oliver, the Romantic

Virginia does everything right: she attends a finishing school, marries the first man who proposes, and devotes her life to her husband and children. But what happens when each one of them has a life outside the home in which she has no room? - Summary by Stav Nisser.

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Listen next episodes of Virginia:
Book I: The Dream. Chapter 10: Oliver Surrenders , Book I: The Dream. Chapter 6: A Treadwell in Revolt , Book I: The Dream. Chapter 7: The Artist in Philistia , Book I: The Dream. Chapter 8: White Magic , Book I: The Dream. Chapter 9: The Great Man Moves , Book II: The Reality. Chapter 1: Virginia Prepares for the Future , Book II: The Reality. Chapter 2: Virginia's Letters , Book II: The Reality. Chapter 3: The Return , Book II: The Reality. Chapter 4: Her Children , Book II: The Reality. Chapter 5: Failure , Book II: The Reality. Chapter 6: The Shadow , Book II: The Reality. Chapter 7: The Will To Live , Book II: The Reality. Chapter 8: The Pang of Motherhood , Book II: The Reality. Chapter 9: The Problem of the South , Book III: The Adjustment. Chapter 1: The Changing Order , Book III: The Adjustment. Chapter 2: The Price of Comfort , Book III: The Adjustment. Chapter 3: Middle Age , Book III: The Adjustment. Chapter 4: Life's Cruelties , Book III: The Adjustment. Chapter 5: Bitterness. , Book III: The Adjustment. Chapter 6: The Future