Sowing and Reaping
Sowing and Reaping is an 1876 classic romance novel by Frances E. W. Harper.
A free LibriVox audiobook (2 h 39 min) is available.
About Sowing and Reaping
This novel is subtitled A Temperance Story, which identifies explicitly the focus of the work. Frances Harper is a Christian moralist and uses her writings for didactic purposes. Here she contrast two couples, one, Belle and Paul, who do not drink and whose lives are happier and more productive, and the other, Jeanette and Charles, who lives are destroyed by the demon rum. (N.B. There are some missing portions of the text)
Free audiobook
Sowing and Reaping — LibriVox recording, 2 h 39 min in 16 sections.
Public-domain recording by volunteer readers. Listen online, download MP3s or stream from the Internet Archive.
Quick answers
Who wrote Sowing and Reaping?
Sowing and Reaping was written by Frances E. W. Harper and first published in 1876.
What genre is Sowing and Reaping?
It is usually shelved as Classic Love Stories.
Is there a free audiobook of Sowing and Reaping?
Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 2 h 39 min.
What books are similar to Sowing and Reaping?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Picture of Dorian Gray, Great Expectations and She.
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