Wired Love
Long before online dating there was the telegraph, and Ella Cheever Thayer saw its romantic possibilities clearly. Nathalie Rogers works the wire in a small town, tapping out messages in Morse code, when she strikes up a flirtation with an operator she knows only as “C” at a distant office. Their courtship unfolds entirely in dots and dashes, full of teasing, misunderstanding, and the odd intimacy of two people who have never met face to face. When they finally do meet, the story turns on questions of identity and trust that feel strikingly modern. Written by a former telegrapher, it captures the culture of the wire with real affection and wit. This early technology romance is free to read as a PDF and EPUB.
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Listen to Wired Love by Ella Cheever Thayer free online. The full audiobook (5 hr 6 min, 16 chapters, read by Edmund Bloxam) streams free on this page.
Wired Love (1880) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapter One: Sounds From a Distant 'C' | 17:55 | |
| 2 | Chapter Two: At the Hotel Norman | 19:35 | |
| 3 | Chapter Three: Visible and Invisible Friends | 26:43 | |
| 4 | Chapter Four: Neighborly Calls | 15:48 | |
| 5 | Chapter Five: Quimby Bursts Forth in Eloquence | 17:28 | |
| 6 | Chapter Six: Collapse of the Romance | 16:37 | |
| 7 | Chapter Seven: Good By | 16:40 | |
| 8 | Chapter Eight: The Feast | 15:25 | |
| 9 | Chapter Nine: Unexpected Visitors | 21:20 | |
| 10 | Chapter Ten: The Broken Circuit Reunited | 23:19 | |
| 11 | Chapter Eleven: Miss Kling Telegraphically Baffled | 23:21 | |
| 12 | Chapter Twelve: Crosses on the Line | 15:56 | |
| 13 | Chapter Thirteen: The Wrong Woman | 13:41 | |
| 14 | Chapter Fourteen: Quimby Accepts the Situation | 10:18 | |
| 15 | Chapter Fifteen: One Summer Day | 29:48 | |
| 16 | Chapter Sixteen: O. K. | 21:51 |
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