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Act 3

Episode 4 of the Why Marry? by Jesse Lynch Williams (1871 - 1929) podcast, hosted by LibriVox, titled "Act 3" was published on April 19, 2026 and runs 54 minutes.

April 19, 2026 ·54m · Why Marry? by Jesse Lynch Williams (1871 - 1929)

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Shadow of the Rope, The by E. W. Hornung (1866 - 1921) LibriVox Rachel Minchin stands in the dock, accused of murdering the dissolute husband she was preparing to leave. The trial is sensational, and public opinion vehemently and almost universally against her. When the jury astonishes and outrages the world with a verdict of Not Guilty, Rachel quickly finds herself in need of protection. It comes in the form of a surprising offer of marriage from a mysterious stranger who has sat through every day of her trial. The marriage to this intriguing stranger, Mr. Steel, is by mutual agreement to be a platonic one, the only condition of which is that neither is ever to question the other about the past. The two travel to Steel’s remote country estate, where Rachel accidentally discovers that her second husband’s past was somehow intertwined with her first husband’s history – but how, exactly, and why he determined to marry her, Steel will not say. As her doubts about her husband increase, local busybodies threaten to unearth Rachel’s own past. And that is The Egoist George Meredith The Egoist is a tragicomical novel by George Meredith published in 1879. The novel recounts the story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patterne and his attempts at marriage; jilted by his first bride-to-be, he vacillates between the sentimental Laetitia Dale and the strong-willed Clara Middleton. More importantly, the novelfollows Clara's attempts to escape from her engagement to Sir Willoughby, who desires women to serve as a mirror for him and consequently cannot understand why she would not want to marry him. Thus, The Egoist dramatizes the difficulty contingent upon being a woman in Victorian society, when women's bodies and minds are trafficked between fathers and husbands to cement male bonds. (Summary from Wikipedia) Freakonomics Radio Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything. Why is it safer to fly in an airplane than drive a car? How do we decide whom to marry? Why is the media so full of bad news? Also: things you never knew you wanted to know about wolves, bananas, pollution, search engines, and the quirks of human behavior.To get every show in the Freakonomics Radio Network without ads and a monthly bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, start a free trial for SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Belfast Pubcast Belfast Pubcast Join "The Kid" Ryan and Rex Qwando as they lead you on a merry dance through the pubs and clubs of Belfast city. Their aim is to teach you: Where? Why? and Whence? (It's definitely a word). Over the weeks they will be joined by many special guests and industry experts to give their two cents on the weeks chosen watering hole.
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