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Glimpses of the Moon, The

Author : Edith Wharton

Performed By : Anna Fields

Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 9 hours

Categories : Classic Literature

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"As Wharton tells [the] story, the sharp irony of both her prose and her characters

bleeds into pools of true feeling."Kirkus Reviews

"There are only three or four American novelists who can be thought of as 'major'and Edith

Wharton is one."Gore Vidal

Set in the 1920s, The Glimpses of the Moon details the romantic misadventures

of Nick Lansing and Susy Branch, a couple with the right connections but not much in the way of funds.

They devise a shrewd bargain: they'll marry and spend a year or so sponging off their wealthy friends,

honeymooning in their mansions and villas.



As Susy explains, "We should really, in a way, help more than we should hamper each other. We both

know the ropes so well; what one of us didn't see the other mightin the way of opportunities, I mean.

And then we should be a novelty as married people. We're both rather unusually popularwhy not be

frank?and it's such a blessing for dinner-givers to be able to count on a couple of whom neither one

is a blank."



The other part of the plan is that if either one of them meets someone who can advance them socially,

they're each free to dissolve the marriage. How their plan unfolds is a comedy of Eros that will charm

all fans of Wharton's work.

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A PHIL BYRNES MYSTERY. Episode 5 BRACELET OF BETRAYAL

Author : Sable Jak

Performed By : Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air

Publisher : Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air

Runtime : 25 minutes

Categories : Dramatizations
Detective

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                                        "When a woman's husband is killed, you're susposed to do something about it."

Phil (short for Philomena) Byrnes and her husband ran their Gloucester MA detective agency until he was killed at his desk. It's not a case of her stepping into his spot to keep the family business running  -- she was a working detective long before his death -- and she makes for a refreshingly prickly widow.

Now Phil runs the agency with the help of her assistant Buzzy, with occasional forays to Papa's Bar, for a little liquid refreshment now and then, and some occasional paternal advice from Papa. She's also helped out in her investigation by Detective Jim Colman, a member of Gloucester's finest, who has a soft spot for Phil, though she seems largely unaware of it. Evidently she's still trying to come to terms with her husband's murder.

Episode 5: BRACELET OF BETRAYAL.  The ruby bracelet begins to cause more problems as several people claim ownership.

THE COLONIAL RADIO THEATRE presents A PHIL BYRNES MYSTERY. Starring DIANE CAPEN. JAMES TURNER. J.T. TURNER and the Colonial Radio Players. Written by Sable Jak. Produced by Chris Snyder and Matt McLaren. Music By Jeffrey Gage. Directed by Jerry Robbins. (c)2006 by Sable Jak (P) 2006 by CRT