Four Girls at Chautauqua

Four Girls at Chautauqua is a Christian fiction novel by American author Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy" and is the first novel in her “Chautauqua Girls” series. Heartwarming stories of faith and love set in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Four friends - spoiled, quirky Ruth; fun-loving and mischievous Eurie; poor, independent and brainy Marion; and meek, approval-seeking Flossy - attend Chautauqua on a lark, and their lives are changed forever.

Chautauqua is an adult education movement in the United States, highly popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Chautauqua brought entertainment and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians, entertainers, preachers and specialists of the day.

Four Girls at Chautauqua was first published in 1876. Next book in the series: The Chautauqua Girls at Home. Audiobook read by Tricia G, running time 9 hours, 6 min. Unabridged full version.

Isabella Macdonald Alden (1841 - 1945) was an American author of Christian fiction publishing her novels under her pen name “Pansy”. Highly influenced by her Christian beliefs, much of Alden's work was explicitly moral and didactic, and often found its way into Sunday School libraries. It was also immensely popular, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; in 1900, sales were estimated at around 100,000 copies annually.

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Erscheinungsdatum

Hörbuch: 27. Februar 2024