Tenterhooks

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - General Fiction, Humorous Fiction, Family Life

Authors: Ada Leverson In Year : 0

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Tenterhooks

Chapter 1: A Verbal Invitation
Chapter 2: Opera Glasses
Chapter 3: The Golden Quoribus
Chapter 4: The Mitchells
Chapter 5: The Surprise
Chapter 6: The Visit
Chapter 7: Coup de Foudre
Chapter 8: Archie's Essay
Chapter 8: Aylmer
Chapter 10: Shopping Chez Soi
Chapter 11: P. P. C.
Chapter 12: The Moonshine Girl
Chapter 13: The Supper-party
Chapter 14: The Letter
Chapter 15: Mavis Argles
Chapter 16: More of the Mitchells
Chapter 17: The Agonies of Aylmer
Chapter 18: A Contretemps
Chapter 19: An Extraordinary Afternoon
Chapter 20: Journeys End
Chapter 21: The Great Exception
Chapter 22: Another Side of Bruce
Chapter 23: At Lady Everard's
Chapter 24: Miss Bennett
Chapter 25: At Westgate
Chapter 26: Goggles
Chapter 27: The Elopement
Chapter 28: Bruce Returns
Chapter 29: Intellectual Sympathy

The second of the 'Little Ottleys' trilogy, an Edwardian comedy of manners. Several years have passed since the events in 'Love's Shadow', but Bruce Ottley is as difficult and irksome as ever. His beautiful wife Edith continues to gently manage his foibles, and regards him with a fond tolerance. But then she meets the enchanting - and very handsome - Aylmer Ross. The attraction between them is undeniable, and Edith's quiet serenity is shattered. Could this spell the end for the Ottley's marriage? Feather light, dialogue-packed and often tongue-in-cheek, this is a charming second instalment of a story which - despite its apparent superficiality - shows that Leverson had a keen understanding of human nature and of the society in which she moved. - Summary by Helen Taylor