Doctor Forester

Doctor Forester, a medical man only twenty-five years old, has come to a lonely part of Wales to escape from an event in his recent past that has caused him much hurt. So he has more on his mind than worrying about strange noises behind his bedroom wall in the old castle where he is staying. A young woman who shares part of the journey with him is staying in the same village. He is deeply attracted to her, and believes that she is equally attracted to him. But he soon has every reason to think that his old school friend Jack is also courting her. Written and taking place in the early 1900s, this romantic mystery is a mix of excitement and heartbreak. What is the secret of Hildick Castle? And can Doctor Forester rid himself of the past that now haunts his life? Mrs. O. F. Walton was a prolific writer in the late 1800s, and this Lighthouse abridged edition captures all of the original writer’s insight into what makes a memorable story. * * * Ghosts of the past kept flitting through his brain. Dark shadows which he tried to chase away seemed to pursue him. Here these ghosts were to be laid; here those shadows were to be dispelled; here that closed chapter was to be buried for ever. So he fought long and hard with the phantoms of the past until the assertive clock near his bedroom door announced that it was two o’clock.

Interesting & wholesome

This is a wonderful story with interesting plot and wholesome Christian values. AI narration but still pretty good.

Abridged Virtual Voice

Apparently, this is an abridged version. I did not realize that until I was done. I don't know if the original would have been better, but this was simple & predictable, with no tenderness in the romance or charm in the writing to improve the overall text. Yet, neither was the story completely boring (I did not dnf it), nor was there anything inappropriate or untoward, which I appreciated. The virtual voice did well in places, but was very choppy and distracting in others.