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Old-Fashioned Girl (Dramatic Reading)

When country girl Polly Milton comes to visit her friend Fanny Shaw, city life isn’t all she had hoped it would be. Thrown in the middle of a dysfunctional family, Polly remembers the teachings of her wise mother, and does her best to plant seeds of cheerfulness, honesty, and respect -- and teaching virtue by example. Four years later, Polly returns to scratch out a living as a music teacher, but finds herself mixed up in much more than piano lessons. Through heartache and love triangles, temptation and tragedy, Polly’s story shows that even the dreams of old-fashioned girls can come true. (10 hr 53 min)

Chapters

Preface and Dramatis Personae

Chapter 1: Polly Arrives

Chapter 2: New Fashions

Chapter 3: Polly's Troubles

Chapter 4: Little Things

Chapter 5: Scrapes

Chapter 6: Grandma

Chapter 7: Good-By

Chapter 8: Six Years Afterward

Chapter 9: Lessons

Chapter 10: Brothers and Sisters

Chapter 11: Needles and Tongues

Chapter 12: Forbidden Fruit

Chapter 13: The Sunny Side

Chapter 14: Nipped in the Bud

Chapter 15: Breakers Ahead

Chapter 16: A Dress Parade

Chapter 17: Playing Grandmother

Chapter 18: The Woman Who Did Not Dare

Chapter 19: Tom's Success