Show Boat: Chapter 12
"The Cotton Blossom, after her tragic encounter with the hidden snag in the Mississippi, was in for repairs". Marilyn Lightstone continues reading Edna Ferber's Show Boat. Beautiful stories, beautifully read, for a crazy world.

"The Cotton Blossom, after her tragic encounter with the hidden snag in the Mississippi, was in for repairs". Marilyn Lightstone continues reading Edna Ferber's Show Boat. Beautiful stories, beautifully read, for a crazy world.
"Kim Ravenal always insisted that the one body of water capable of striking terror to her was the Mississippi River". Marilyn Lightstone continues reading Edna Ferber's Show Boat. Beautiful stories, beautifully read, for a crazy world.
"Gaylord Ravenal had not meant to fall in love. Certainly he had not dreamed of marrying. He was not, he would have told you, a marrying man". Marilyn Lightstone continues reading Edna Ferber's Show Boat. Beautiful stories, beautifully read, for a crazy world.
"This, then, turned out to be Magnolia's first glimpse of Gaylord Ravenal". Marilyn Lightstone continues reading Edna Ferber's Show Boat. Beautiful stories, beautifully read, for a crazy world.
"Magnolia, at fifteen, was a gangling gawky child whose eyes were too big for her face and whose legs were too long for her skirts". Marilyn Lightstone continues reading Edna Ferber's Show Boat. Beautiful stories, beautifully read, for a crazy world.
"Tragedy had stalked into Magnolia's life; had cast its sable mantle over the Cotton Blossom". Marilyn Lightstone continues reading Edna Ferber's Show Boat. Beautiful stories, beautifully read, for a crazy world.
"It was theatre, perhaps, as the theatre was meant to be". Marilyn Lightstone continues reading Edna Ferber's Show Boat. Beautiful stories, beautifully read, for a crazy world.
"When April came, and the dogwood flashed its spectral white in the woods, the show boat started". Marilyn Lightstone continues reading Edna Ferber's Show Boat. Beautiful stories, beautifully read, for a crazy world.
"Many quarrels had marked their married life, but this one assumed serious proportions". Marilyn Lightstone continues reading Edna Ferber's Show Boat. Beautiful stories, beautifully read, for a crazy world.
"Grim force though she was, it would be absurd to fix upon Parthy Ann Hawks as the sole engine whose relentless functioning cut down the profits of Captain Andy's steamboat enterprise". Marilyn Lightstone continues reading Edna Ferber's Show Boat. Beautiful stories, beautifully read, for a crazy world.
"Surely no little girl had ever had a more fantastic little girlhood than this Magnolia Ravenal who had been Magnolia Hawks". Marilyn Lightstone continues reading Edna Ferber's Show Boat. Beautiful stories, beautifully read, for a crazy world.
There's no business like show business, or in this case Show Boat! Introducing Marilyn Lightstone Reads Edna Ferber's Show Boat, the classic story that inspired the greatest of American musicals. Journey into the lives and loves of three generations of traveling performers aboard the steamboat called the Cotton Blossom on the Mississippi River. You already know Marilyn as an actress famed for stage and screen roles, and as the author of the theatrical caper Rogues and Vagabonds, so it's safe to ...
With Walter finally amassing enough evidence, he makes his argument to legally establish Laura's identity. It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn
The narrative of Count Fosco. It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn
Putting his life in danger, Walter sets his trap and confronts Count Fosco... It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn
Walter knows that Count Fosco will try to flee the country if he thinks that The Brotherhood are after him... It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn
For a while, after his marriage to Laura, Walter is so happy and distracted that he forgets about Count Fosco. It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn Lightstone!
Spring arrives and Walter notices that Marian and Laura seem happier and calmer as time passes. It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn Lightstone!
Walter decides that he should try to find out who Anne's father is. Later, Marian tells him that she has been to see Count Fosco. It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn Lightstone!
Mrs. Catherick is pleased by Sir Percival’s death and she feels that Walter has had a hand in it... It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn Lightstone!
Walter writes to Marian to tell her of Sir Percival’s death. It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn Lightstone!
As men follow Walter along the road, suddenly, one of them rushes past him and, startled, Walter pushes him away. It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn Lightstone!
As Walter exits Mrs. Catherick’s, he sees the man who shouted at him outside Blackwater Park. It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn Lightstone!
Walter tells Marian that he is going to Welmingham to try and discover Sir Percival’s secret. It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn Lightstone!
Walter believes that he may find out Sir Percival’s secret by discovering Anne’s history... It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn Lightstone!
Walter sets out for Hampshire and visits Mr. Dawson. Later, he decides to visit Blackwater to speak to the servants. It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn Lightstone!
Walter concludes that Count Fosco has switch the women's identities... It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn Lightstone!
Walter, now living in London and renting a flat with two women who pretend to be his sisters, narrates the start of the Third Epoch. It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn Lightstone!
The Second Epoch concludes with narratives from Jane Gould, a tombstone at Limmeridge, and the return of Walter Hartright, who is soon told the bad news about a tragic passing... It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn Lightstone!
A couple of days later, Sir Percival sends Mrs. Michelson to Torquay on a seemingly impossible task to look at houses... It's classic literature brought to life with dramatic readings by The New Classical FM's Marilyn Lightstone!