The Friendly Terrace Quartette (or Peggy Raymond At The Poplars)


Read by Daryl Wor

(4.8 stars; 23 reviews)

The Friendly Terrace Quartette (or Peggy Raymond At The Poplars) published in 1920, finds Peggy and her friends preparing for The Great War. Young men they had known as boys are signing up to train and fight as soldiers, while the girls find themselves looking for what they can do to help. Priscilla, and Amy join Peggy in The Land Army to assist in agricultural labour usually left to men of the period. Ruth, of weaker health, must remain on Friendly Terrace but manages to find her own way to be useful. In the station of The Land Army, known as The Poplars, Peggy, Priscilla and Amy meet many other young women who have come to lend aid, discovering their strengths and weaknesses, secrets and triumphs. (Summary by Daryl Wor) (5 hr 10 min)

Chapters

Chapter One: An End And A Beginning 11:48 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Two: Liberty Bond 15:53 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Three: Ruth Finds Her Niche 16:06 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Four: Sticking Tomatoes 17:38 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Five: A Day At Beechwood 16:58 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Six: ‘What’s In A Name?’ 13:20 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Seven: Peggy Sets A Ball Rolling 14:27 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Eight: Settling A Question 15:42 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Nine: As One Sows 16:41 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Ten: Winston Is Heard From 14:02 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Eleven: Lending A Hand 15:57 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Twelve: Saving The Peach Crop 14:53 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Thirteen: A Sunday Afternoon 13:05 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Fourteen: Absent Without Leave 15:13 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Fifteen: A Letter 13:15 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Sixteen: A Hero of Their Own 15:15 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Seventeen: Peggy Acts As Bridesmaid 12:20 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Eighteen: Two’s Company 13:58 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Nineteen: Propaganda 15:21 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Twenty: A Runaway 12:56 Read by Daryl Wor
Chapter Twenty-One: Good-By Summer 15:16 Read by Daryl Wor

Reviews

Pleasant Read


(4 stars)

A pleasant story of high school senior girls of the era. There is plenty of conflict, but we'll done and appropriate for all ages without sex or violence.