The Romance of an Old Fool by Roswell Field ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

The Romance of an Old Fool by Roswell Field audiobook. Genre: romance John Stanhope is a comfortable, successful widower in middle life, content with his books, his country routines, and the dry-witted company of Bunsey, a would-be novelist who is forever observing (and judging) the romantic impulses of others. Yet when a chance trip draws John back to the small town of his boyhood, old streets and familiar names awaken a longing he did not know was still alive. Among renewed friendships and remembered places, he learns that Sylvia, the girl who once shaped his earliest idea of love, died soon after he left. In her absence, John finds himself captivated by Sylvia's daughter, Phyllis, whose youth, charm, and resemblance to the past blur the line between memory and desire. As John drifts from nostalgia into courtship, the town's quiet expectations, the warnings of practical friends, and his own uneasy self-knowledge force him to ask what, exactly, he is pursuing: a real future, or a beautifully preserved illusion. Wry, tender, and sharply observant, this novella explores aging, loneliness, and the strange ways the heart rewrites history. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:37:12) Chapter 2 (00:54:52) Chapter 3 (01:11:38) Chapter 4 (01:35:52) Chapter 5 (02:01:42) Chapter 6 (02:20:37) Chapter 7 (02:44:00) Chapter 8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices