Combined Maze
May Sinclair
Ranny Ransome is an idealistic young man, devoted to exuberant gymnastic exercises and to fighting “flabbiness” in his own life, body and soul. He loves the girlish and athletic Winny Dymond, and particularly loves participating with her in the Combined Maze, a choreographed, intricate, exhilarating group gymnastic ritual in which the young men and women of the Polytechnic Gymnasium demonstrate their skills. Unfortunately, Ranny falls under the spell of the seductive Violet, a sexual free spirit who wants nothing more than to live an untrammelled life on her own terms. When, to her astonishment and horror, Violet becomes pregnant, Ranny dutifully marries her against her will, entangling himself and her in a deadly new Combined Maze of social conventions intended to suppress and subdue the elemental passions that give color to Life. May Sinclair draws her readers in with a quiet, unobtrusive, Victorian prose that seems completely in tune with the conventional proprieties of her society, but goes on in the same seditious, unassuming tone to tell stories of sensuality, adultery, seduction, divorce, and betrayal, quietly protesting the smothering conventions of a society that feared passion in all its forms. Ranny’s mesmerizing struggle to maintain his fundamental decency while remaining true to his real love hangs in the balance to the last page. (summary by Expatriate)
Author - May Sinclair.
Narrator - Expatriate.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
Ranny Ransome is an idealistic young man, devoted to exuberant gymnastic exercises and to fighting “flabbiness” in his own life, body and soul. He loves the girlish and athletic Winny Dymond, and particularly loves participating with her in the Combined Maze, a choreographed, intricate, exhilarating group gymnastic ritual in which the young men and women of the Polytechnic Gymnasium demonstrate their skills. Unfortunately, Ranny falls under the spell of the seductive Violet, a sexual free spirit who wants nothing more than to live an untrammelled life on her own terms. When, to her astonishment and horror, Violet becomes pregnant, Ranny dutifully marries her against her will, entangling himself and her in a deadly new Combined Maze of social conventions intended to suppress and subdue the elemental passions that give color to Life. May Sinclair draws her readers in with a quiet, unobtrusive, Victorian prose that seems completely in tune with the conventional proprieties of her society, but goes on in the same seditious, unassuming tone to tell stories of sensuality, adultery, seduction, divorce, and betrayal, quietly protesting the smothering conventions of a society that feared passion in all its forms. Ranny’s mesmerizing struggle to maintain his fundamental decency while remaining true to his real love hangs in the balance to the last page. (summary by Expatriate) Author - May Sinclair. Narrator - Expatriate. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:12:45
Chapter 2
Duration:00:17:56
Chapter 3
Duration:00:19:48
Chapter 4
Duration:00:14:12
Chapter 5
Duration:00:26:19
Chapter 6
Duration:00:14:57
Chapter 7
Duration:00:14:34
Chapter 8
Duration:00:16:20
Chapter 9
Duration:00:16:40
Chapter 10
Duration:00:16:41
Chapter 11
Duration:00:08:06
Chapter 12
Duration:00:09:41
Chapter 13
Duration:00:31:52
Chapter 14
Duration:00:12:48
Chapter 15
Duration:00:08:51
Chapter 16
Duration:00:09:03
Chapter 17
Duration:00:21:43
Chapter 18
Duration:00:11:59
Chapter 19
Duration:00:14:37
Chapter 20
Duration:00:24:47
Chapter 21
Duration:00:09:05
Chapter 22
Duration:00:28:44
Chapter 23
Duration:00:16:13
Chapter 24
Duration:00:11:56
Chapter 25
Duration:00:15:29
Chapter 26
Duration:00:17:42
Chapter 27
Duration:00:15:45
Chapter 28
Duration:00:16:03
Chapter 29
Duration:00:10:45
Chapter 30
Duration:00:19:59
Chapter 31
Duration:00:12:30
Chapter 32
Duration:00:27:09
Chapter 33
Duration:00:21:15
Chapter 34
Duration:00:19:45
Chapter 35
Duration:00:25:59
Chapter 36
Duration:00:04:01