The Firm of Girdlestone Chapter 21 - An Unexpected Blow
In which the diamond market in South Africa is gripped by a sudden and severe crisis, prompting the shrewd Ezra Girdlestone to engage an unscrupulous ex-clergyman and his accomplices in a discreet and...
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The Firm of Girdlestone Chapter 20 - Mr. Hector O'Flaherty Finds Something in the Paper
In which Ezra Girdlestone arrives in Kimberley and eagerly seeks news from England, only to encounter grave tidings of a diamond discovery in Russia that threatens the local trade. As he journeys to n...
3 Okt 20min
The Firm of Girdlestone Chapter 19 - News From the Urals
In which news of a remarkable discovery of diamond fields in the Ural Mountains reaches London, stirring a mixture of excitement and apprehension among financiers and businessmen connected to the diam...
3 Okt 12min
The Firm of Girdlestone Chapter 18 - Major Tobias Clutterbuck Comes in for a Thousand Pounds
In which Major Tobias Clutterbuck, an old soldier of boisterous demeanour and shrewd wit, calls upon the austere Mr. Girdlestone to reveal his knowledge of the firm's speculative ventures and negotiat...
3 Okt 23min
The Firm of Girdlestone Chapter 17 - The Land of Diamonds
In which a son’s adventurous letters from the South African diamond fields reveal the rugged life and keen bargains among the mining camps, while his worried father at home contemplates the precarious...
2 Okt 15min
The Firm of Girdlestone Chapter 15 - An Addition to the House
In which the young Thomas Dimsdale contemplates a significant offer to join the formidable firm of Girdlestone & Co., weighing his desires against the practicalities of business life and the allure of...
2 Okt 10min
The Firm of Girdlestone Chapter 16 - The First Step
In which a young man of practical spirit assumes a significant role in a venerable but troubled commercial firm, gradually earning the respect of its long-standing clerks and gaining an insightful acq...
2 Okt 16min
The Firm of Girdlestone Chapter 14 - A Slight Misunderstanding
In which the young Mr Girdlestone, after uncovering the dire financial straits of the family firm, seeks the aid of the honourable yet impecunious Major Clutterbuck for a delicate and secretive enterp...
1 Okt 24min
