Darby Chronicles Series

7 primary works • 7 total works
The seven novels of Ernest Hebert's Darby Chronicles cover 35 years in the life of a small New England town as seen through the eyes of three families: the Elmans, the Salmons, and the Jordans each representing a distinct social class.

Book 1

The Dogs of March
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3.55 · 452 Ratings · 51 Reviews · published 1979 · 14 editions
The first novel in Hebert’s acclaimed Darby Chroni…

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    Book 2

    A Little More than Kin
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    3.98     · 49 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1984 · 8 editions
    Evicted from the New Hampshire shack he proudly ca…

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    Book 3

    Whisper My Name
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    3.80     · 30 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1984 · 8 editions
    Plans to build a large shopping mall in rural Darb…

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    Book 4

    The Passion of Estelle Jordan
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    3.64     · 36 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1988 · 9 editions
    At the age of sixty, after years of betrayal and s…

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    Book 5

    Live Free or Die
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    3.48     · 23 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1990 · 10 editions
    "You stay in your hometown, you end up more of a s…

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    Book 6

    Spoonwood
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    4.00     · 28 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2005 · 6 editions
    Ernest Hebert's series of novels set in Darby, New…

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    Book 7

    Howard Elman's Farewell
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    3.80     · 15 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2014 · 6 editions
    Part Falstaff, part King Lear, but all American, H…

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