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The Cottage of Delight

Author
William Harben
Read by
Finian Silverwood
Language
English
Length
11 hours 9 minutes
ISBN
9781836100676
Published
13 January 2026
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • small-town life
  • social class
  • personal ambition
  • romance
  • family conflict
  • rural labor
  • moral choices
  • resilience
  • community dynamics
  • personal growth

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John Trott, a young Southern labourer, fights to rise above a harsh home and grinding cotton-mill work while romance with Tilly and small-town hierarchy press on his ambition and conscience. Love, dignity, and moral choice shape the path toward a life of his own. Spoken as when a cottage of delight still asks what happiness costs when the mill owns the day.

Author

William Harben (1858–1919) mapped the emotional weather of rural Georgia — novels of land, loyalty, and the hard bargains of family life in a changing South. He wrote with an insider's affection for mountain and plantation communities, and with a clear eye for rivalry, redemption, and the cost of pride.

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