Love? In A Cottage
Ann Clouder
Love? In a Cottage is the story of two middle-aged people from very different backgrounds who meet as the result of an advertisement placed in the lonely hearts section of a national newspaper. Marlene Sugden is a secretary working in London whose life has changed very much for the worse in a few months. Firstly her father, who she has loved and cared for over many years, dies then her best friend marries and immediately emigrates to Australia and, as a final straw, Marlene’s boss retires and her new boss is a snappy and difficult man. Marlene dearly wants a husband and a home to care for and in her desperation, she places an advertisement in the Evening Standard. “Lonely unmarried woman, good cook and homemaker seeks kind-hearted, single middle-aged man with view to matrimony if suited”. Deep in the Herefordshire countryside, Donald Evans sits reading a two-day-old newspaper as he eats his meal of baked beans straight from the tin. His eye is caught by Marlene’s advertisement. He is single, mid-40s and kind-hearted if it does not cost him anything. Donald hunts out a piece of notepaper, sharpens his pencil and replies to Marlene’s advertisement.
Duration - 21h 31m.
Author - Ann Clouder.
Narrator - Jan Cramer.
Published Date - Saturday, 14 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2023 Austin Macauley Publishers ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Love? In a Cottage is the story of two middle-aged people from very different backgrounds who meet as the result of an advertisement placed in the lonely hearts section of a national newspaper. Marlene Sugden is a secretary working in London whose life has changed very much for the worse in a few months. Firstly her father, who she has loved and cared for over many years, dies then her best friend marries and immediately emigrates to Australia and, as a final straw, Marlene’s boss retires and her new boss is a snappy and difficult man. Marlene dearly wants a husband and a home to care for and in her desperation, she places an advertisement in the Evening Standard. “Lonely unmarried woman, good cook and homemaker seeks kind-hearted, single middle-aged man with view to matrimony if suited”. Deep in the Herefordshire countryside, Donald Evans sits reading a two-day-old newspaper as he eats his meal of baked beans straight from the tin. His eye is caught by Marlene’s advertisement. He is single, mid-40s and kind-hearted if it does not cost him anything. Donald hunts out a piece of notepaper, sharpens his pencil and replies to Marlene’s advertisement. Duration - 21h 31m. Author - Ann Clouder. Narrator - Jan Cramer. Published Date - Saturday, 14 January 2023. Copyright - © 2023 Austin Macauley Publishers ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:10:19
Chapter One: The Advertisement
Duration:05:10:03
Chapte Two: The Reply
Duration:05:28:44
Chapter Three: A Meeting
Duration:06:43:33
Chapter Four: Correspondence
Duration:05:41:30
Chapter Five: The First Meeting
Duration:05:42:12
Chapter Six: The Second Meeting
Duration:02:28:56
Chapter Seven: A Visit to the Cottage
Duration:10:24:24
Chapter Eight: Christmas Celebrations
Duration:09:51:12
Chapter Nine: The Wedding
Duration:11:15:42
Chapter Ten: Wedded Bliss
Duration:04:55:16
Chapter Eleven: Housekeeping
Duration:06:06:02
Chapter Twelve: Village Gossip
Duration:06:20:20
Chapter Thirteen: An Unexpected Find
Duration:08:18:02
Chapter Fourteen: The Renovations Begin
Duration:06:40:10
Chapter Fifteen: The Unfortunate Episode with the Vicar
Duration:06:11:08
Chapter Sixteen: Cousin Vi's Wedding
Duration:12:01:56
Chapter Seventeen: A Visit to the Doctor
Duration:10:28:48
Chapter Eighteen: Cousin Sossie's Visit
Duration:07:06:00
Chapter Nineteen: Apple Picking
Duration:07:53:35
Chapter Twenty: A Visit from the Diddicoys
Duration:08:47:45
Chapter Twenty One: Evans the Mouse
Duration:06:14:37
Chapter Twenty Two: Christmas in Millbrook
Duration:06:59:30
Chapter Twenty Three: Old Bill's Birthday
Duration:08:59:02
Chapter Twenty Four: Disaster
Duration:06:02:54
Chapter Twenty Five: Marlene Learns to Milk
Duration:07:27:39
Chapter Twenty Six: Sweet Revenge
Duration:05:50:37
Closing Credits
Duration:00:11:32