Evelyn; or A Heart Unmasked
Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Read by Kelly S. Taylor
Evelyn is a two-volume novel told in an epistolary style – alternating between letters from the point of view of a trusted, unmarried female friend of the young, naïve heroine of the novel and those of the feckless adventurer who decides that he must seduce the beautiful Evelyn.
The author, actress/novelist/playwright Anna Cora Mowatt, was a fan of the works of Fredericka Bremer (early feminist author, sometimes called the “Swedish Jane Austen”). This narrative is heavily influenced by that writer’s style. Like Mowatt’s hit comedy, “Fashion,” the plot centers on the misadventures of nouveau riche family social climbing in New York society of the late 1830’s. Whereas the play was comedy, the novel turns towards tragedy. The author still spices her narrative with strong doses of social satire, however, and gives us many revealing glimpses of everyday life of New Yorkers of the early 19th century.
- Summary by Kelly S. Taylor (15 hr 57 min)
Chapters
Vol I Chapter 1 | 31:32 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 2 | 21:40 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 3 | 37:04 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 4 | 17:02 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 5 | 24:20 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 6 | 14:07 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 7 | 12:46 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 8 | 21:20 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 9 | 24:21 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 10 | 54:52 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 11 | 36:44 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 12 | 17:15 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 13 | 14:25 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 14 | 11:26 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 15 | 14:55 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 16 | 20:51 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 17 | 19:26 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 18 | 23:50 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 19 | 27:37 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol I Chapter 20 | 22:02 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol1 Chapter 21 | 22:35 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 1 | 28:30 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 2 | 10:43 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 3 | 10:05 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 4 | 10:14 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 5 | 21:20 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 6 | 10:31 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 7 | 30:54 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 8 | 30:17 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 9 | 17:33 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 10 | 44:13 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 11 | 9:48 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 12 | 44:21 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 12b | 31:04 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 13 | 15:36 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 14 | 4:29 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 15 | 11:45 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 16 | 11:02 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 17 | 34:45 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 18 | 18:33 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 19 | 5:50 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 20 | 15:16 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 21 | 9:23 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 22 | 13:28 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 23 | 6:38 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |
Vol II Chapter 24 | 21:03 | Read by Kelly S. Taylor |