At the Gate of Samaria


The novel is set in the 1890’s. Clytie Davenant is a headstrong young woman who escapes from the stultifying country life of her family to move to London and work as an artist. There she shares a studio off the King’s Road and enjoys the bohemian society and company of the people she meets. However, she plunges into an unwise marriage and the book (the author’s first) shows the constraints on women’s individuality at the time, and in particular the difficult position of married women in late Victorian society. - Summary by Simon Evers (11 hr 16 min)

Chapters

Chapter 1 24:08
Chapter 2 25:04
Chapter 3 18:29
Chapter 4 17:39
Chapter 5 24:22
Chapter 6 27:32
Chapter 7 33:26
Chapter 8 20:47
Chapter 9 30:06
Chapter 10 22:59
Chapter 11 25:33
Chapter 12 29:42
Chapter 13 21:59
Chapter 14 26:01
Chapter 15 33:57
Chapter 16 31:46
Chapter 17 18:42
Chapter 18 28:36
Chapter 19 16:25
Chapter 20 25:00
Chapter 21 32:07
Chapter 22 19:12
Chapter 23 23:23
Chapter 24 23:34
Chapter 25 22:25
Chapter 26 19:26
Chapter 27 34:20