The Wheat Princess by Jean Webster audiobook.

Genre: romance

Marcia Copley arrives in Rome expecting an effortless season of parties, art, and sunshine with her well-placed American relatives at a villa near the hill town of Palestrina. Instead, she finds herself marked by a nickname she cannot quite escape: the 'Wheat Princess,' heiress to the fortune her father made through grain speculation. In the expatriate circles of diplomats and idle travelers, Marcia is admired, judged, and quietly maneuvered as if she were part of the scenery. Two very reminding men pull her in different directions: Paul Dessart, a charming would-be painter who treats life as a lark, and Laurence Sybert, a sharp, guarded embassy official whose moral seriousness clashes with Marcia's bright confidence. When unrest in the countryside and uneasy conversations begin to point back to the consequences of her family's wealth, Marcia is forced to look beyond salon gossip and romantic intrigue to the real cost of privilege. Set against ancient roads, ruined temples, and a modern Italy strained by hunger and politics, Jean Webster's novel blends sparkling dialogue with a coming-of-age reckoning about love, responsibility, and what it means to do good when doing good is complicated.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:10:02) Chapter 01

(00:33:55) Chapter 02

(00:52:22) Chapter 03

(01:13:30) Chapter 04

(01:20:04) Chapter 05

(01:35:17) Chapter 06

(02:03:32) Chapter 07

(02:18:44) Chapter 08

(02:51:17) Chapter 09

(03:03:37) Chapter 10

(03:30:24) Chapter 11

(04:04:20) Chapter 12

(04:35:55) Chapter 13

(04:56:36) Chapter 14

(05:23:08) Chapter 15

(05:49:31) Chapter 16

(06:15:37) Chapter 17

(06:38:15) Chapter 18

(06:53:43) Chapter 19

(07:06:10) Chapter 20

(07:20:32) Chapter 21

(07:31:10) Chapter 22

(07:41:28) Chapter 23

(08:11:46) Chapter 24

(08:44:27) Chapter 25

(09:02:34) Chapter 26

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