The Old Maids Club by Israel Zangwill ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

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February 4, 2026 • 583 mins

The Old Maids Club by Israel Zangwill audiobook. Genre: comedy In late-Victorian London, seventeen-year-old Lillie Dulcimer is brilliant, beautiful, and far too self-aware for polite society's comfort. With a millionaire father determined to see her safely married, Lillie answers pressure with paradox: she founds the Old Maids' Club, a proudly exclusive refuge for young women who refuse to treat matrimony as a duty or a bargain. Part manifesto, part social prank, the club's tongue-in-cheek rules and public posturing turn Lillie into a minor celebrity - and a lightning rod for every matchmaker, moralist, and curious onlooker in town. As word spreads, a parade of suitors, friends, rivals, and fellow skeptics circle the club, including Lord Silverdale, whose presence tests whether Lillie's theories about love and independence can survive contact with real feeling. Told with Zangwill's brisk wit and satirical eye, The Old Maids' Club skewers the era's marriage market while letting its heroine chase a harder question: how to stay true to herself in a world that insists a woman's story must end at the altar. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:19:30) Chapter 02 (00:31:58) Chapter 03 (00:59:33) Chapter 04 (01:10:00) Chapter 05 (02:16:22) Chapter 06 (02:35:48) Chapter 07 (03:25:43) Chapter 08 (03:37:41) Chapter 09 (04:02:08) Chapter 10 (04:27:04) Chapter 11 (05:16:38) Chapter 12 (05:32:04) Chapter 13 (06:18:06) Chapter 14 (06:51:51) Chapter 15 (07:27:56) Chapter 16 (07:49:59) Chapter 17 (08:14:38) Chapter 18 (08:47:46) Chapter 19 (09:03:15) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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