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Краткое содержание: В серебряной оправе
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A singing teacher poses as a schoolgirl heiress and rides across England in a golden motorcar beside her guardian.
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- Около 8 h 10 min6 h 30 min fast, 9 h 45 min slow
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- Слов: 117 000
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- 1909by Ч. Н. Уильямсон; А. М. Уильямсон
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В серебряной оправе in short
Set in Silver tells of a favor that goes much further than anyone planned. Audrie Brendon agrees to pose as her friend Ellaline for a few weeks, and she ends up traveling the length of England beside the guardian she was told to fear. The man she meets does not match the portrait.
What В серебряной оправе is about
What would you do if your closest friend begged you to lie to a stranger for six weeks, and her whole future hung on your answer? Audrie Brendon, a singing teacher at a French finishing school, faces that choice in the opening pages of Set in Silver. Her richest pupil, Ellaline Lethbridge, wants to elope with a French lieutenant and asks Audrie to take her place and meet her stern guardian, Sir Lionel Pendragon.
The book is a romance told almost entirely in letters, written by the husband and wife C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson. You get a comedy of mistaken identity, a love that grows letter by letter, and a motor tour of England past castles and abbeys.
Для кого. If you love witty letters, English villages and ruined castles, and a romance between two people who each hide something, this book is for you. It suits road-trip dreamers and fans of heroines who talk back.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A debt of gratitude becomes a dangerous promise
Audrie Brendon teaches singing at a finishing school near Paris. She is nearly twenty-one, and money is short, so she and her mother live on her small salary. Her mother rests at a Swiss spa, and Audrie writes to her almost every day.
The job exists only because Ellaline Lethbridge, the school's richest pupil, insisted on it. Now Ellaline asks for payment. She has secretly promised herself to a French officer, and her guardian is about to arrive from India. She is sure he will forbid the match.
Her plan is bold. Audrie will meet the guardian at the station as Ellaline and play the ward for five or six weeks. Audrie sees every danger, but she cannot refuse the girl who rescued her. Her mother prizes gratitude above every virtue and telegrams yes. Gratitude can lead a good person into a risky lie.
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A rose, a young cad, and the wrong Dragon
Audrie goes to the Gare de Lyon wearing a red rose, the signal the guardian asked for.
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London dresses the ward and tests the lie
At the Ritz, Audrie reads the newspapers with Sir Lionel's sister and learns who her guardian is.
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The golden motorcar sets out across England
Sir Lionel buys a forty-horsepower car, and Audrie christens it Apollo.
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A lost evening in the New Forest changes everything
On her supposed birthday, Audrie wanders out alone at dusk toward Rufus's Stone with a borrowed puppy.
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Devon, Dartmoor and Tintagel test the pair
The tour winds through Devon on pink roads between flowered hedges.
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Schemes, a sold ring, and a cold north
Mrs. Senter writes to her sister of her plan to become Lady Pendragon.
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Truth and loyalty pull against each other
Audrie's whole predicament is a clash between faithfulness and honesty.
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England is the other great character
The dedication quotes a famous speech about England as a precious stone set in a silver sea.
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Letters make the comedy and the suspense
The story is told in letters, and that choice drives the fun.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Audrie Brendon A half American, half French singing teacher who poses as her pupil to repay a debt of gratitude, and finds herself at ease on the open road.
- Sir Lionel Pendragon A forty-year-old former lieutenant-governor of East Bengal and new baronet who sets out on a motor tour with his ward and slowly lets down his guard.
- Ellaline Lethbridge A pretty, spoiled heiress at a French school who persuades Audrie to take her place while she waits to marry her soldier.
- Mrs. Norton Sir Lionel's widowed sister, small, pious and proper, who plays chaperone and fears every hill and every hotel without a vicar.
- Mrs. Senter A clever, beautiful widow who joins the tour and sets her sights on becoming Lady Pendragon, at any cost to the ward.
- Dick Burden Mrs. Senter's young nephew, who plays detective, finds Audrie out, and uses the secret to get what he wants.
- Young Nick Sir Lionel's Bengali mechanic and chauffeur, devoted to the car and inclined to borrow whatever tool it needs.
- Colonel Pat O'Hagan Sir Lionel's old friend in Bengal, who receives his confessions by letter and urges him to speak up.
How it ends (spoiler)
At Graylees, Sir Lionel learns the truth from Dick and the real Ellaline, who has married her Frenchman. He sends Dick and Mrs. Senter away. He tells Audrie he knows why she sold the ring and why she stayed silent. He praises her courage, forgives her, and says he loves her. Overcome, Audrie weeps, and he takes her in his arms.
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Вопросы о книге В серебряной оправе
What is Set in Silver about?
It follows a singing teacher who poses as a pupil's identity to repay a debt. She tours England by motorcar with the girl's guardian, hiding her secret while their friendship grows. The story is told in letters.
Why is the book called Set in Silver?
The title comes from the Shakespeare speech printed at the front, which calls England a precious stone set in a silver sea. The story presents England as a jewel seen from a motorcar.
Who is Sir Lionel Pendragon?
He is a Cornish baronet, a Victoria Cross holder, and a former lieutenant-governor of East Bengal. He is forty, returns to England to claim a castle, and already serves as guardian to the girl Audrie impersonates.
Is Set in Silver a true story?
No, it is fiction by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson. The characters are invented, but the towns, castles, roads and abbeys on the route are real places a motorist could visit.
Is Set in Silver easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that its short letters, comic voice and quick scenes make it welcoming. Each letter is a small episode, and Audrie's playful style carries you through the story.
Как сослаться на это издание
Williamson, C. N., and A. M. Williamson. Set in Silver. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/set-in-silver.
Williamson, C. N., & Williamson, A. M. (2026). Set in silver. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/set-in-silver (Original work published 1909)
Williamson, C. N., and A. M. Williamson. Set in Silver. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/set-in-silver.
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author = {Williamson, C. N. and Williamson, A. M.},
title = {Set in Silver},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/set-in-silver},
note = {First published 1909}
}
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