This novel, published in 1856, was one of the popular and beloved novels in the Victorian era. It is told in the first person by Phineas Fletcher, an invalid son of a Quaker tanner who is presented to us in the beginning as a lonely youth. John Halifax, the first friend he ever had, is a poor orphan who is taken in by his father to help in the work which his sickly son can't constantly do. Phineas tells us in an unforgettable way how John succeeded in rising from his humble beginning and become a wealthy and successful man. But with the money come horrible troubles... In an unforgettable manner, we learn to know all the characters of the novel as if they really lived.

Latest episodes of the podcast John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Craik

• 01 - Chapter 1
• 02 - Chapter 2
• 03 - Chapter 3
• 04 - Chapter 4
• 05 - Chapter 5
• 06 - Chapter 6
• 07 - Chapter 7
• 08 - Chapter 8
• 09 - Chapter 9
• 10 - Chapter 10
• 11 - Chapter 11
• 12 - Chapter 12
• 13 - Chapter 13
• 14 - Chapter 14
• 15 - Chapter 15
• 16 - Chapter 16
• 17 - Chapter 17
• 18 - Chapter 18
• 19 - Chapter 19
• 20 - Chapter 20
• 21 - Chapter 21
• 22 - Chapter 22
• 23 - Chapter 23
• 24 - Chapter 24
• 25 - Chapter 25
• 26 - Chapter 26
• 27 - Chapter 27
• 28 - Chapter 28
• 29 - Chapter 29
• 30 - Chapter 30
• 31 - Chapter 31
• 32 - Chapter 32
• 33 - Chapter 33
• 34 - Chapter 34
• 35 - Chapter 35
• 36 - Chapter 36
• 37 - Chapter 37
• 38 - Chapter 38
• 39 - Chapter 39
• 40 - Chapter 40