Henrietta Volume 1 (dramatic reading)

Written by Charlotte Lennox

Narrated by LibriVox Community

Henrietta is a strong willed young lady who will not give in to her aunt and marry the suitors she proposes. She runs away and adventure ensues. However she meets one young man who she is quite taken with but he does not share all about himself and Henrietta finds herself in some tricky situations. (Summary by Michele Eaton)
This Librivox audiobook is a dramatic reading of volume 1 of this book.
Cast list:
Henrietta Courteney (Clelia): Michele Eaton
Miss Woodby (Celinda): Amanda Friday
Mrs Eccles: Victoria P
Lady Manning: Elizabeth Klett
Coachman, Chaplain and Earl Courtney: tovarisch
Tall Lean Woman: Arielle Lipshaw
Fat Jolly Woman, Mrs Willis and Servant Girl: ElleyKat
Grave Man and First Officer: Kevin W. Davidson
Young Man on the Coach, Mr Damer, Young Lord and Young Mr Courteney: ToddHW
Old Gentlewoman, Old Woman Nurse and Miss Carlton (Henrietta's Mother): Patti Cunningham
Second Officer and Isaac Darby: Ric F
Mrs Carlton (Henrietta's Grandmother): Lynne Thompson
Lady Meadows: CaprishaPage
Mrs White and Mrs Damer: Kristin Gjerløw
Young Mr Damer: bala
Narrator Book 1 (except chapter 6) and Chapter 1 of Book 2: Loveday
Narrator Book 2 (except chapter 1) and Chapter 6 of Book 1: KHand

• Language: English
• Publisher: LibriVox
• Release date: Aug 25, 2014

Charlotte Lennox

Charlotte Lennox (1730-1804) was a Scottish novelist, poet, and playwright. Born in Gibraltar to a British military officer and his wife, Lennox was raised in England before moving to Albany, New York, where her father served as lieutenant-governor until his death in 1742. At thirteen, Lennox was sent to live with her maternal aunt in London, but ultimately lived as a companion of Lady Isabella Finch due to her aunt’s struggle with mental illness. In 1746, she began acting in civic dramas, public plays designed to address prominent social issues. With the publication of her debut collection of poetry, Poems on Several Occasions (1747), Lennox turned her attention to her career as a writer. Her most successful poem, “The Art of Coquetry,” was published in Gentleman’s Magazine in 1750, bringing Lennox to the attention of Samuel Johnson and his circle of literary friends. In 1752, her novel The Female Quixote was published to critical acclaim from Johnson and Samuel Richardson. Despite publishing anonymously, Lennox was known to be the author of the successful parody of Miguel de Cervantes’ work, earning her a reputation as a leading author of the London literary scene. Although Lennox published several plays and two more novels, she ultimately failed to sustain her early success. After living for nearly a decade through the support of the Royal Literary Fund, Lennox died in London and was buried in an unmarked grave. In the twentieth century, leading feminist scholars rediscovered Lennox’s work, in particular The Female Quixote, earning Lennox posthumous praise as an undervalued artist who managed to excel at a craft dominated by men.