Harding’s Luck
Harding’s Luck is E. Nesbit’s companion to The House of Arden, published in 1909, and by many judged the more moving of the two. Dickie Harding is a poor, lame London boy who, through an old family charm, is able to slip back in time into the body of a well-born child in the England of long ago, where he is loved, healthy, and whole. Torn between the comfort of the past and loyalty to his own hard life and friends in the present, Dickie faces a choice that gives the book real depth of feeling. It links, at the last, with the fortunes of the House of Arden. This free PDF and EPUB offers the complete story.
About the Author
E. Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English author and poet who transformed children’s literature with realistic, funny, and magical stories such as The Railway Children and Five Children and It.
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Listen to Harding’s Luck by E. Nesbit free online. The full audiobook (7 hr 29 min, 18 chapters, read by volunteer narrators) streams free on this page.
Harding’s Luck (1909) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01 - Tinkler and the Moonflower Part 1 | 23:40 | |
| 2 | 02 - Tinkler and the Moonflower Part 2 | 15:33 | |
| 3 | 03 - Burglars Part 1 | 17:22 | |
| 4 | 04 - Burglars Part 2 | 18:00 | |
| 5 | 05 - The Escape | 37:53 | |
| 6 | 06 - Which Was the Dream? Part 1 | 23:25 | |
| 7 | 07 - Which Was the Dream? Part 2 | 31:57 | |
| 8 | 08 - "To Get Your Own Living" Part 1 | 23:38 | |
| 9 | 09 - "To Get Your Own Living" Part 2 | 22:36 | |
| 10 | 10 - Buried Treasure Part 1 | 22:09 | |
| 11 | 11 - Buried Treasure Part 2 | 19:31 | |
| 12 | 12 - Dickie Learns Many Things Part 1 | 25:19 | |
| 13 | 13 - Dickie Learns Many Things Part 2 | 23:54 | |
| 14 | 14 - Going Home | 23:59 | |
| 15 | 15 - Kidnapped | 31:16 | |
| 16 | 16 - The Noble Deed | 32:23 | |
| 17 | 17 - Lord Arden | 41:00 | |
| 18 | 18 - The End | 14:56 |
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