Doxie Dent
John Ackworth
Read by Phil Benson
Following the short story collections, Clog Shop Chronicles and Beckside Lights, John Ackworth completed the adventures of clogger Jabez Clegg and his Beckside cronies with a novel. Jabez's niece, the young and vivacious Doxie Dent, has grown up in 'Lunnon'. Arriving in the Lancashire village that is cloggers home, she delights the villagers with her southern ways, but Jabez remains unimpressed... Summary by Phil Benson (7 hr 26 min)
Chapters
| The clogger at bay | 18:00 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The coming of Doxie | 17:23 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The capitulation of Jabe | 24:02 | Read by Phil Benson |
| An irresistible ambassadress | 22:57 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Unblushing hypocrisy | 14:57 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The queen of the clog shop | 19:55 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Mysterious occurrences | 20:19 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Doxie at class | 27:21 | Read by Phil Benson |
| A disturber of the peace | 21:12 | Read by Phil Benson |
| A great event | 24:49 | Read by Phil Benson |
| An offer of marriage | 20:31 | Read by Phil Benson |
| A woman | 16:03 | Read by Phil Benson |
| A political meeting | 18:59 | Read by Phil Benson |
| A great discovery | 19:06 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Plots and plans | 16:00 | Read by Phil Benson |
| An alarming letter | 14:52 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Delicate negotiations | 15:45 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Andrew's proposal | 15:28 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Doxie's secret | 17:15 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Doubts and fears | 15:51 | Read by Phil Benson |
| A great fight | 18:34 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Andrews victory | 14:51 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The emigrant's return | 13:17 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The inevitable | 18:44 | Read by Phil Benson |
Reviews
Great story, excellent characters, superb reader
DarthLaurel
I particularly admire the drawing of Andrew's family. The foibles and mistakes of families are so realistically drawn here. What an excellent story. So glad I ran into this reader and so glad he has such excellent taste in books.
A LibriVox Listener
Absolutely loved the sequel to Clogshop Chronicles. The reading by Mr. Benson brings life to the stories and make for the most enjoyable experience in audiobooks. Excellent!
great reading
Elsie Reads
very good story telling and wonderful characters.