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Crucial Instances by Edith Wharton ~ Full Audiobook [drama]
Crucial Instances by Edith Wharton audiobook. This is Edith Wharton's second published collection of short stories (1901). One of these seven stories, "Copy: A Dialogue," is written as a short play. The role of Hilda is read by Arielle Lipshaw, and t...
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Show Notes
Crucial Instances by Edith Wharton audiobook.
Genre: drama
Crucial Instances is a keenly observed collection of short fiction in which Edith Wharton turns ordinary social rituals into high-stakes tests of character. Across a range of settings - drawing rooms, country estates, and the quietly charged spaces between husbands and wives - Wharton follows men and women caught at the exact moment when a single choice can reshape a life. A wife confronts the cost of loyalty and self-respect, an ambitious outsider learns what entry into polite society truly demands, and private desires press against public expectations with consequences that linger long after a conversation ends. With her trademark precision, Wharton examines class, marriage, money, reputation, and the subtle power struggles that govern seemingly refined worlds. Each story builds toward a decisive instant: a confession withheld, an invitation accepted, a truth recognized too late, or a moral line crossed almost imperceptibly. Elegant, psychologically sharp, and often quietly unsettling, Crucial Instances reveals how the smallest actions can become turning points - and how the most decisive battles are sometimes fought in silence.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 1
(00:43:09) Chapter 2
(01:20:32) Chapter 3
(02:03:07) Chapter 4
(02:29:43) Chapter 5
(03:06:53) Chapter 6
(03:43:16) Chapter 7
(04:26:05) Chapter 8
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