Rachel Ray
Rachel Ray is a warm and gently comic novel by Anthony Trollope, published in 1863. In a quiet Devonshire town, the young and open-hearted Rachel Ray falls in love with Luke Rowan, a spirited newcomer with plans to reform the local brewery, but her timid widowed mother and her grim, evangelical elder sister are set against the match and against any harmless pleasure. Around this simple courtship Trollope draws the small jealousies of provincial life, the meddling of chapel and gossip, and the quiet courage it takes for a young woman to trust her own heart. It is one of his sunniest and most charming shorter books. This free PDF and EPUB offers the complete novel.
About the Author
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era, celebrated for the Barsetshire and Palliser series, whose warm, realistic novels of society and character remain widely loved.
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Rachel Ray (1863) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01 - The Ray Family | 30:09 | |
| 2 | 02 - The Young Man from the Brewery | 21:38 | |
| 3 | 03 - The Arm in the Clouds | 38:08 | |
| 4 | 04 - What Shall be Done about It | 26:29 | |
| 5 | 05 - Mr Comfort Gives His Advice | 26:14 | |
| 6 | 06 - Preparations for Mrs, Tappitt's Party | 29:22 | |
| 7 | 07 - An Account of Mrs. Tappitt's Party, commenced | 28:17 | |
| 8 | 08 - An Account of Mrs. Tappitt's Party, concluded | 29:48 | |
| 9 | 09 - Mr. Prong at Home | 28:04 | |
| 10 | 10 - Luke Rowan Declares His Plans as to the Brewery | 26:18 | |
| 11 | 11 - Luke Rowan Takes his Tea Quite Like a Steady Young Man | 28:01 | |
| 12 | 12 - Rachel Ray Thinks 'She does Like Him' . | 24:26 | |
| 13 | 13 - Mr. Tappitt in his Counting-House. | 27:45 | |
| 14 | 14 - Luke Rowan pays a second visit to Bragg's End. | 28:48 | |
| 15 | 15 - Maternal Eloquence | 28:25 | |
| 16 | 16 - Rachel Ray's First Love-Letter | 18:47 | |
| 17 | 17 - Electioneering | 35:55 | |
| 18 | 18 - Dr. Harford | 28:39 | |
| 19 | 19 - Mr. Comfort Calls at the Cottage | 27:52 | |
| 20 | 20 - Showing what Rachel Ray Thought When She Sat on the Stile, and How she Wrote her Letter Afterwards | 30:05 | |
| 21 | 21 - Mrs. Ray Goes to Exeter, and Meets a Friend | 31:48 | |
| 22 | 22 - Domestic Politics at the Brewery | 25:45 | |
| 23 | 23 - Mrs. Ray's Penitence | 31:04 | |
| 24 | 24 - The Election at Baslehurst | 32:59 | |
| 25 | 25 - The Baselhurst Gazette | 16:29 | |
| 26 | 26 - Cornbury Grange | 28:00 | |
| 27 | 27 - In Which the Question of the Brewery is Settled. | 39:57 | |
| 28 | 28 - What took Place at Bragg's End Farm. | 28:19 | |
| 29 | 29 - Mrs. Prime Reads Her Recantation. | 22:15 | |
| 30 | 30 - Conclusion. | 15:45 |
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