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Elsie Venner

Bernard Langdon is close to earning his degree in medicine when his family finds itself in financial difficulties, forcing Langdon to interrupt his studies for a time in order to earn money with which to fund the rest of his degree. He therefore leaves Boston in order to teach at a school in a village in the area. One of his students is Elsie Venner, a seventeen year-old girl, who is avoided by her peers and keeps apart. Somehow, Elsie exerts a great fascination on Langdon, as there is something distinctly different about her with her strangeness and quick temper.

Elsie Venner is one of Oliver Wendell Holmes' "medicated novels", in which he explores a medical condition of a character. Holmes was teaching at Harvard Medical School when this book was published, and he chose to let a professor of medicine narrate the story. Elsie Venner is notable for its strong Boston local colour, being at the same time the book in which Holmes coined the term "Boston Brahmin". - Summary by Carolin

Year of Publication: 1891Genres: Literary Fiction

Running Time: 15 hours 57 minutes 30 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Prefaces BettyB	8:32
2	The Brahmin Caste of New England BettyB	10:26
3	The Student and his Certificate Ashley M.	24:40
4	Mr. Bernard tries his Hand Deon Gines	37:36
5	The Moth flies into the Candle Deon Gines	23:25
6	An Old-Fashioned Descriptive Chapter Deon Gines	29:34
7	The Sunbeam and the Shadow Deon Gines	23:20
8	The Event of the Season, part 1 Deon Gines	38:23
9	The Event of the Season, part 2 Deon Gines	35:57
10	The Morning After Deon Gines	31:11
11	The Doctor orders the Best Sulky Deon Gines	9:13
12	The Doctor calls on Elsie Venner Deon Gines	19:03
13	Cousin Richard's Visit Deon Gines	30:51
14	The Apollinean Institute Deon Gines	26:12
15	Curiosity Deon Gines	30:41
16	Family Secrets Deon Gines	22:13
17	Physiological Deon Gines	30:36
18	Epistolary Deon Gines	28:22
19	Old Sophy calls on the Reverend Doctor Deon Gines	36:59
20	The Reverend Doctor calls on Brother Fairweather Deon Gines	18:21
21	The Spider on his Thread Deon Gines	25:24
22	From without and from within Deon Gines	24:54
23	The Widow Rowens gives a Tea-Party, part 1 Deon Gines	29:59
24	The Widow Rowens gives a Tea-Party, part 2 Deon Gines	26:28
25	Why Doctors differ Deon Gines	32:23
26	The Wild Huntsman Deon Gines	27:53
27	On his Tracks Deon Gines	23:18
28	The Perilous Hour, part 1 Deon Gines	24:49
29	The Perilous Hour, part 2 Deon Gines	22:59
30	The News reaches the Dudley Mansion Deon Gines	35:14
31	A Soul in Distress Deon Gines	20:45
32	The Secret is Whispered, part 1 Deon Gines	25:13
33	The Secret is Whispered, part 2 Deon Gines	26:12
34	The White Ash Deon Gines	21:00
35	The Golden Cord is loosed Deon Gines	32:09
36	Mr. Silas Peckham renders his Account Deon Gines	33:45
37	Conclusion Deon Gines	9:30