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Unlit Lamp

An emotionally charged social drama from 1922, filled with the issues that burned so bright during the Roaring 20s as changing morals began to break down the tradition family structures of the past. - Summary by Krista Zaleski (9 hr 10 min)

Chapters

Book 1, Chapter I. A Dance on Staten Island in 1890

20:15

Book 1, Chapter II. A Vincelle in His Natural Habitat

20:32

Book 1, Chapter III. Gilbert Goes A-wooing

19:59

Book 1, Chapter IV. Claudine's Peculiar Mother

19:57

Book 1, Chapter V. Claudine Learns to Adapt Herself

18:43

Book 1, Chapter VI. The Keynote

21:15

Book 1, Chapter VII. The Hedge Which Grew So Fast

22:45

Book 1, Chapter VIII. A Year Later

10:55

Book 2, Chapter I. After Twenty Years

22:19

Book 2, Chapter II. The Forsaken Provider

20:47

Book 2, Chapter III. The Suitor with Credentials

18:03

Book 2, Chapter IV. The Unabashed Outcast

18:43

Book 2, Chapter V. The Breath of Life

20:42

Book 2, Chapter VI. The Unlawful Picnic

27:09

Book 2, Chapter VII. Stephens Explains Himself

20:52

Book 2, Chapter VIII. The Thing is on Them

28:39

Book 2, Chapter IX Bertie

22:34

Book 3, Chapter I. Andree's Recital

12:53

Book 3, Chapter II. The Bitter Triumph

10:46

Book 3, Chapter III. Andree's Wedding

21:57

Book 3, Chapter IV. The Beginning

17:09

Book 3, Chapter V. The Housewarming

20:38

Book 3, Chapter VI. Discords

16:16

Book 3, Chapter VII. The Pastry-Cook's Daughter

12:45

Book 3, Chapter VIII. Mutiny

25:19

Book 3, Chapter IX. Home Again

20:13

Book 3, Chapter X. Destiny Intervenes

16:32

Epilogue

22:05