
Love? In A Cottage
Ann Clouder
Love? In a Cottage is the story of two middle-aged people from very different backgrounds who meet as the result of an advertisement placed in the lonely hearts section of a national newspaper. Marlene Sugden is a secretary working in London whose life has changed very much for the worse in a few months. Firstly her father, who she has loved and cared for over many years, dies then her best friend marries and immediately emigrates to Australia and, as a final straw, Marlene’s boss retires and her new boss is a snappy and difficult man. Marlene dearly wants a husband and a home to care for and in her desperation, she places an advertisement in the Evening Standard. “Lonely unmarried woman, good cook and homemaker seeks kind-hearted, single middle-aged man with view to matrimony if suited”. Deep in the Herefordshire countryside, Donald Evans sits reading a two-day-old newspaper as he eats his meal of baked beans straight from the tin. His eye is caught by Marlene’s advertisement. He is single, mid-40s and kind-hearted if it does not cost him anything. Donald hunts out a piece of notepaper, sharpens his pencil and replies to Marlene’s advertisement.
Duration - 3h 9m.
Author - Ann Clouder.
Narrator - Jan Cramer.
Published Date - Saturday, 14 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2023 Austin Macauley Publishers ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Love? In a Cottage is the story of two middle-aged people from very different backgrounds who meet as the result of an advertisement placed in the lonely hearts section of a national newspaper. Marlene Sugden is a secretary working in London whose life has changed very much for the worse in a few months. Firstly her father, who she has loved and cared for over many years, dies then her best friend marries and immediately emigrates to Australia and, as a final straw, Marlene’s boss retires and her new boss is a snappy and difficult man. Marlene dearly wants a husband and a home to care for and in her desperation, she places an advertisement in the Evening Standard. “Lonely unmarried woman, good cook and homemaker seeks kind-hearted, single middle-aged man with view to matrimony if suited”. Deep in the Herefordshire countryside, Donald Evans sits reading a two-day-old newspaper as he eats his meal of baked beans straight from the tin. His eye is caught by Marlene’s advertisement. He is single, mid-40s and kind-hearted if it does not cost him anything. Donald hunts out a piece of notepaper, sharpens his pencil and replies to Marlene’s advertisement. Duration - 3h 9m. Author - Ann Clouder. Narrator - Jan Cramer. Published Date - Saturday, 14 January 2023. Copyright - © 2023 Austin Macauley Publishers ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:10
Chapter One: The Advertisement
Duration:00:05:10
Chapte Two: The Reply
Duration:00:05:28
Chapter Three: A Meeting
Duration:00:06:43
Chapter Four: Correspondence
Duration:00:05:41
Chapter Five: The First Meeting
Duration:00:05:42
Chapter Six: The Second Meeting
Duration:00:02:28
Chapter Seven: A Visit to the Cottage
Duration:00:10:24
Chapter Eight: Christmas Celebrations
Duration:00:09:51
Chapter Nine: The Wedding
Duration:00:11:15
Chapter Ten: Wedded Bliss
Duration:00:04:55
Chapter Eleven: Housekeeping
Duration:00:06:06
Chapter Twelve: Village Gossip
Duration:00:06:20
Chapter Thirteen: An Unexpected Find
Duration:00:08:18
Chapter Fourteen: The Renovations Begin
Duration:00:06:40
Chapter Fifteen: The Unfortunate Episode with the Vicar
Duration:00:06:11
Chapter Sixteen: Cousin Vi's Wedding
Duration:00:12:01
Chapter Seventeen: A Visit to the Doctor
Duration:00:10:28
Chapter Eighteen: Cousin Sossie's Visit
Duration:00:07:06
Chapter Nineteen: Apple Picking
Duration:00:07:53
Chapter Twenty: A Visit from the Diddicoys
Duration:00:08:47
Chapter Twenty One: Evans the Mouse
Duration:00:06:14
Chapter Twenty Two: Christmas in Millbrook
Duration:00:06:59
Chapter Twenty Three: Old Bill's Birthday
Duration:00:08:59
Chapter Twenty Four: Disaster
Duration:00:06:02
Chapter Twenty Five: Marlene Learns to Milk
Duration:00:07:27
Chapter Twenty Six: Sweet Revenge
Duration:00:05:50
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:11