Episode Details

Miss Priscilla Hunter, and My Daughter Susan by Pansy audiobook.

Genre: religion

This volume brings together two short works by Pansy that center on ordinary women trying to live out their faith in practical, demanding circumstances. In Miss Priscilla Hunter, the heroine is a poor but capable seamstress who refuses to accept the long-standing debt and neglect weighing down her church. Quietly determined, she sets herself against apathy, excuses, and the unspoken class barriers that shape congregational life, showing how conviction and sacrifice can move an entire community. In My Daughter Susan, Susan Carleton is followed through the course of a single crowded day as she visits, serves, advises, and encourages the people around her. What seems at first like routine domestic and church work becomes a portrait of moral stamina, as Susan's commitment to temperance, charity, and Christian witness is tested in conversation after conversation. Together, the stories offer a warm but pointed look at stewardship, service, and the influence of women whose strength is easy to overlook. Pansy turns small decisions, household duties, and church concerns into the heart of the drama, creating a book about faith expressed not in grand gestures, but in perseverance, courage, and everyday acts of care.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:19:07) Chapter 02

(00:32:40) Chapter 03

(00:45:53) Chapter 04

(01:00:34) Chapter 05

(01:15:08) Chapter 06

(01:34:03) Chapter 07

(01:48:35) Chapter 08

(02:03:52) Chapter 09

(02:20:03) Chapter 10

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