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Thou Art The Man by Mary Elizabeth Braddon ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Nov 20, 2023

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Thou Art The Man by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook.

Genre: mystery

Mary Elizabeth Braddon's late-Victorian mystery opens on a tragedy that shatters a young love story. At the Scottish estate of Ellerslie, Brandon Mountford, a sensitive gentleman burdened by epilepsy and frightening gaps in memory, is discovered near a brutal death and quickly becomes the obvious suspect. Forced to flee rather than face a trial that seems decided in advance, Brandon vanishes, and the woman who loved him, heiress Sibyl Higginson, is left to rebuild her life under the shadow of unanswered questions. Ten years later, Sibyl, now Lady Penrith, is traveling across a bleak stretch of moorland when a disturbed stranger thrusts a scrawled message into her hands, a message Sibyl believes can only have come from Brandon. With her spirited niece Coralie Urquhart at her side, Sibyl begins to trace the note back to its source, reopening the old case and stirring up long-buried rivalries, family secrets, and motives for murder. Blending relentless suspense with Braddon's fascination for contemporary ideas about disease, heredity, and criminal responsibility, Thou Art the Man drives toward a moral reckoning in which someone must finally be named and confronted.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:43:38) Chapter 02

(00:53:14) Chapter 03

(01:23:49) Chapter 04

(02:15:03) Chapter 05

(03:04:27) Chapter 06

(04:00:50) Chapter 07

(04:36:25) Chapter 08

(04:55:20) Chapter 09

(05:48:50) Chapter 10

(06:27:09) Chapter 11

(06:41:03) Chapter 12

(07:10:49) Chapter 13

(07:51:34) Chapter 14

(08:35:11) Chapter 15

(09:03:28) Chapter 16

(09:26:05) Chapter 17

(10:02:24) Chapter 18

(10:24:22) Chapter 19

(10:45:45) Chapter 20

(11:08:42) Chapter 21

(11:29:47) Chapter 22

(11:58:23) Chapter 23

(12:16:21) Chapter 24

(12:40:04) Chapter 25

(13:05:46) Chapter 26

(13:40:46) Chapter 27

(14:29:58) Chapter 28

(15:18:56) Chapter 29

(15:43:32) Chapter 30

(15:57:27) Chapter 31

(16:29:26) Chapter 32

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The Day Will Come by Mary Elizabeth Braddon ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Nov 20, 2023

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The Day Will Come by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In the quiet Dorset village of Cheriton, wedding bells welcome Juanita Dalbrook home as a bride. She is the only child of James Dalbrook, now Lord Cheriton, a brilliant barrister turned self-made peer whose ambition has bought him an ancient estate and a place among the county families. Juanita's marriage to Sir Godfrey Carmichael seems to seal that rise at last, joining new money to old blood and turning Cheriton Chase into the perfect honeymoon refuge. But beneath the pageantry lie old resentments, anxious hopes of inheritance, and a past Lord Cheriton has worked hard to bury. When violence shatters the household and suspicion spreads through servants' corridors and drawing rooms alike, the tragedy becomes more than private grief - it becomes a puzzle with consequences for names, fortunes, and reputations. Into the gathering darkness steps Theodore Dalbrook, Juanita's capable cousin and a working barrister, determined to uncover the truth. His search draws him from country lanes to London streets, through legal traps and social masks, toward the hidden motive that could explain a crime born of betrayal and revenge.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:37:57) Chapter 02

(01:09:18) Chapter 03

(01:21:14) Chapter 04

(01:41:10) Chapter 05

(02:02:55) Chapter 06

(02:30:38) Chapter 07

(02:51:53) Chapter 08

(03:40:25) Chapter 09

(04:18:39) Chapter 10

(04:39:58) Chapter 11

(04:58:19) Chapter 12

(05:23:16) Chapter 13

(05:40:59) Chapter 14

(06:17:46) Chapter 15

(06:59:25) Chapter 16

(07:35:10) Chapter 17

(08:16:30) Chapter 18

(08:50:22) Chapter 19

(09:33:31) Chapter 20

(10:08:48) Chapter 21

(10:50:57) Chapter 22

(11:05:41) Chapter 23

(11:30:18) Chapter 24

(11:47:09) Chapter 25

(12:09:06) Chapter 26

(12:32:10) Chapter 27

(12:43:52) Chapter 28

(13:21:25) Chapter 29

(13:33:38) Chapter 30

(14:04:29) Chapter 31

(14:26:40) Chapter 32

(14:40:54) Chapter 33

(15:08:45) Chapter 34

(15:37:55) Chapter 35

(15:56:59) Chapter 36

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Taken at the Flood by Mary Elizabeth Braddon ~ Full Audiobook [thriller] Nov 18, 2023

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Taken at the Flood by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook.

Genre: thriller

In Victorian England, Sylvia Carew has been raised in modest circumstances by a parish schoolmaster whose carefully guarded history has left her with more questions than security. Clever, beautiful, and fiercely determined to escape poverty, Sylvia finds herself torn between the steady devotion of Edmund Standen, a respectable young banker, and the glittering promise of rank, money, and a great house. When an unexpected path opens to a titled marriage, Sylvia seizes it, convinced she can outpace regret and remake herself as Lady Perriam. But society has a long memory, and Sylvia's new life comes with watchful eyes: anxious relatives, a hard-headed family adviser, and neighbors eager to turn rumor into scandal. As old affections flare back to life and buried facts begin to surface, Sylvia is forced into ever riskier bargains to protect her position and her child. Driven by ambition as much as love, she must decide how far she will go to keep what she has gained - and what it will cost when the tide of consequences turns.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:21:46) Chapter 02

(00:48:22) Chapter 03

(01:17:09) Chapter 04

(01:47:16) Chapter 05

(02:17:32) Chapter 06

(02:44:25) Chapter 07

(03:11:03) Chapter 08

(03:47:11) Chapter 09

(04:20:23) Chapter 10

(04:53:39) Chapter 11

(05:28:35) Chapter 12

(06:09:45) Chapter 13

(06:48:26) Chapter 14

(07:23:48) Chapter 15

(07:48:13) Chapter 16

(08:19:25) Chapter 17

(08:46:49) Chapter 18

(09:12:23) Chapter 19

(09:45:26) Chapter 20

(10:19:46) Chapter 21

(10:50:43) Chapter 22

(11:25:55) Chapter 23

(12:01:02) Chapter 24

(12:27:49) Chapter 25

(12:53:39) Chapter 26

(13:15:55) Chapter 27

(13:50:25) Chapter 28

(14:20:17) Chapter 29

(14:49:28) Chapter 30

(15:17:13) Chapter 31

(15:46:12) Chapter 32

(16:11:01) Chapter 33

(16:39:27) Chapter 34

(17:04:40) Chapter 35

(17:36:01) Chapter 36

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One Life, One Love by Mary Elizabeth Braddon ~ Full Audiobook [romance] Nov 17, 2023

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One Life, One Love by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook.

Genre: romance

Clara and Robert Hatrell lead an ideal life with their young daughter Daisy in a beautiful old fashioned cottage on the banks of the Thames. When his son Cyril goes away to school their friend and neighbor Ambrose Arden who is a notable scholar offers to tutor Daisy. Some time later Robert carrying a large amount in banknotes is found stabbed to death in a London rooming house supposedly lured there by the mention of someone called Toinette. The murderer is not found and the money trail implicates a Frenchwoman exchanging the notes in Cannes, Nice and Paris. As the story progresses we are taken to Paris where new characters are introduced. Will one of them lead us to the actual villain???

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:40:21) Chapter 02

(01:08:59) Chapter 03

(01:26:09) Chapter 04

(02:04:10) Chapter 05

(02:46:20) Chapter 06

(03:27:03) Chapter 07

(04:12:58) Chapter 08

(04:48:53) Chapter 09

(05:21:27) Chapter 10

(06:03:35) Chapter 11

(06:39:07) Chapter 12

(07:09:21) Chapter 13

(07:41:45) Chapter 14

(08:13:38) Chapter 15

(08:48:41) Chapter 16

(09:19:23) Chapter 17

(09:48:45) Chapter 18

(10:21:56) Chapter 19

(10:51:47) Chapter 20

(11:25:15) Chapter 21

(11:57:51) Chapter 22

(12:27:49) Chapter 23

(12:54:03) Chapter 24

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Mount Royal Volume III by Mary Elizabeth Braddon ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Nov 17, 2023

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Mount Royal Volume III by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In Mount Royal Volume III, Mary Elizabeth Braddon drives her Victorian sensation tale toward its most dangerous reckonings. At the isolated estate of Mount Royal, Christabel Tregonell lives under the weight of a marriage soured by jealousy and a past love that refuses to stay buried. As winter closes in, the house turns quiet and watchful, and every polite visit or whispered message feels like a threat. Christabel's circle tightens around a few figures whose loyalties are uncertain: her perceptive companion Miss Bridgeman, the steady Major Bree, and a man from beyond England whose presence fans suspicion into obsession. Old injuries, a disputed encounter on a lonely coast, and unanswered questions about honor and violence re-emerge, until talk of a duel begins to sound too much like a plan for murder. Forced to choose between revenge and conscience, Christabel must protect what matters most to her while confronting how far a wounded heart can be pushed before it breaks. Romance, moral struggle, and dark intrigue intertwine as Braddon tests the cost of secrets in a world ruled by appearances.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:24:06) Chapter 02

(00:42:10) Chapter 03

(00:56:43) Chapter 04

(01:20:37) Chapter 05

(01:31:06) Chapter 06

(01:51:31) Chapter 07

(02:11:29) Chapter 08

(02:25:57) Chapter 09

(02:55:50) Chapter 10

(03:12:37) Chapter 11

(03:47:31) Chapter 12

(04:21:34) Chapter 13

(04:43:52) Chapter 14

(05:08:45) Chapter 15

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Mount Royal Volume II by Mary Elizabeth Braddon ~ Full Audiobook [romance] Nov 16, 2023

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Mount Royal Volume II by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook.

Genre: romance

Mount Royal Volume II deepens Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Victorian tale of passion tested by conscience and circumstance. Angus Hamleigh, shaken by a dangerous illness and the shadow of his own past, receives a letter from his beloved Christabel Courtenay that asks for sacrifice instead of vows: she cannot marry him unless he makes amends for a wrong that society will never forget. As Angus weighs love against duty, Christabel returns to the sheltered grandeur of Mount Royal under the watchful devotion of her aunt, Mrs. Tregonell, only to find the old household schemes tightening into a trap. Mrs. Tregonell's son, Leonard, comes home with jealousy, charm, and a sense of entitlement to the woman he has always expected to claim, and his presence turns every conversation into a contest of pride and note-perfect manners. While visitors drift through the Cornish estate and gossip blooms into accusation, Braddon layers romance with unease: half-heard rumors, compromised reputations, and the hint that violence may follow where selfishness leads. In this volume, love is not a simple choice, but a trial that demands courage, secrecy, and a price no one wants to pay.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:15:09) Chapter 02

(00:24:19) Chapter 03

(00:49:13) Chapter 04

(01:29:09) Chapter 05

(01:58:32) Chapter 06

(02:14:24) Chapter 07

(02:32:52) Chapter 08

(02:47:54) Chapter 09

(03:28:25) Chapter 10

(04:08:20) Chapter 11

(04:43:10) Chapter 12

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Mount Royal Volume I by Mary Elizabeth Braddon ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Nov 16, 2023

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Mount Royal Volume I by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook.

Genre: mystery

At Mount Royal, an old manor perched above the Cornish coast near Boscastle, Christabel Courtenay has grown up sheltered, clever, and restlessly romantic under the watchful care of her aunt, Mrs. Tregonell. The household runs on memories: Mrs. Tregonell still cherishes the story of Captain Hamleigh, the widower she loved and lost, and she clings just as fiercely to her absent son Leonard, a charismatic heir whose wild youth and reckless temper have been forgiven again and again. When Mrs. Tregonell invites Captain Hamleigh's son, Angus Hamleigh, to visit, Christabel's quiet world tilts. Angus arrives not as a hearty country sportsman, but as an accomplished, world-weary man of the town, drawn to Mount Royal by sentiment and the faint hope of peace. Between Christabel's quickening curiosity, Jessie Bridgeman's sharp-eyed counsel, and Mrs. Tregonell's private determination to secure Christabel's future in the family, every conversation begins to feel like a test. In Volume I, Braddon threads romance with unease as old attachments, whispered reputations, and the pressure of duty gather around a young woman forced to decide what love should cost.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:35:38) Chapter 02

(01:13:39) Chapter 03

(01:48:03) Chapter 04

(02:15:00) Chapter 05

(02:31:15) Chapter 06

(02:58:37) Chapter 07

(03:29:59) Chapter 08

(04:00:34) Chapter 09

(04:25:43) Chapter 10

(04:50:44) Chapter 11

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Dead Love Has Chains by Mary Elizabeth Braddon ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Nov 15, 2023

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Dead Love Has Chains by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook.

Genre: mystery

We see another facet of Mary Elizabeth Braddon's amazing talent in Dead Love Has Chains, written in her seventies. Focusing on character and human psychology rather than detection and crime, this is one of her most interesting novels.

Pregnant and unmarried Irene Thelliston is sent home from India to live with her Aunt in Ireland. On her sea voyage she reveals her secret to Lady Mary Harling who swears to keep her confidence. Several years later to the horror of Lady Mary she becomes engaged to her son Conrad who has his own rather questionable past. Desperate to prevent this union, will Lady Mary break her oath?? When Irene's former lover returns threatening to come between her and Conrad, will their love prevail??????

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:22:21) Chapter 02

(00:42:12) Chapter 03

(01:18:49) Chapter 04

(01:33:41) Chapter 05

(02:04:17) Chapter 06

(02:26:56) Chapter 07

(02:55:43) Chapter 08

(03:23:56) Chapter 09

(03:53:39) Chapter 10

(04:26:35) Chapter 11

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A Strange World by Mary Elizabeth Braddon ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Nov 15, 2023

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A Strange World by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In Victorian England, seventeen-year-old Justina Elgood has grown up under the footlights, touring with her worn-down actor-father, Matthew, and dreaming of a life that feels more real than painted scenery and nightly applause. When a chance meeting in the countryside introduces her to two very different young gentlemen, the earnest James and the thoughtful Maurice Clissold, Justina glimpses a world of comfort, education, and choice - and begins to wonder what she might become if she could step off the stage for good. But Maurice is drawn into darker country-house shadows: the lonely reach of Penwyn Manor, a suffering family with a history it refuses to name, and a frightened household where illness and old grief have sharpened into secrecy. As Justina's career edges toward success, whispers of a long-ago scandal, a missing child, and strange connections between respectable lives and theatrical ones tighten around her. Love, ambition, and identity collide as Maurice searches for the truth - and discovers that in this strange world, the past is never safely buried, and innocence can be the most dangerous disguise of all.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:32:59) Chapter 02

(01:06:49) Chapter 03

(01:38:16) Chapter 04

(02:08:21) Chapter 05

(02:41:27) Chapter 06

(03:13:56) Chapter 07

(03:44:26) Chapter 08

(04:12:18) Chapter 09

(04:39:36) Chapter 10

(05:21:05) Chapter 11

(05:59:34) Chapter 12

(06:30:42) Chapter 13

(06:55:37) Chapter 14

(07:23:11) Chapter 15

(07:49:03) Chapter 16

(08:14:52) Chapter 17

(08:41:40) Chapter 18

(09:09:50) Chapter 19

(09:41:09) Chapter 20

(10:12:19) Chapter 21

(10:39:50) Chapter 22

(11:09:33) Chapter 23

(11:36:13) Chapter 24

(12:02:58) Chapter 25

(12:29:48) Chapter 26

(12:54:29) Chapter 27

(13:28:17) Chapter 28

(14:01:09) Chapter 29

(14:22:26) Chapter 30

(14:46:23) Chapter 31

(15:17:50) Chapter 32

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Elsie's New Relations by Martha Finley ~ Full Audiobook [family] Nov 14, 2023

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Elsie's New Relations by Martha Finley audiobook.

Genre: family

In Elsie's New Relations, Martha Finley returns to the warm, principled world of Ion, where Elsie Travilla has stepped into a new season of life as the steady heart of an expanding family. As summer at the seaside ends and the households settle back at Ion, the story shifts to the next generation and the challenges that come with blending families, raising children, and living out faith in everyday trials. Violet Raymond is learning to be a stepmother while Captain Raymond is often absent on duty, and her spirited stepchildren - especially outspoken Lulu and impressionable Max - test boundaries in ways that threaten the peace of the home. Around them, marriages and new households bring fresh joys as well as quiet insecurities, including the question of how newcomers can truly belong among close-knit relatives. Through misunderstandings, temptations, and moments of tenderness, Elsie and her loved ones face the ongoing work of guiding young hearts toward honesty, obedience, and forgiveness. Set against domestic routines, holiday gatherings, and the ever-present pull of the wider world beyond Ion, the novel offers a gentle but insistent portrait of family life shaped by conscience and Christian conviction.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:11:41) Chapter 02

(00:23:54) Chapter 03

(00:38:11) Chapter 04

(00:50:19) Chapter 05

(01:04:19) Chapter 06

(01:23:12) Chapter 07

(01:36:14) Chapter 08

(01:50:45) Chapter 09

(02:07:56) Chapter 10

(02:23:03) Chapter 11

(02:39:18) Chapter 12

(02:55:31) Chapter 13

(03:06:47) Chapter 14

(03:29:45) Chapter 15

(03:48:24) Chapter 16

(04:12:33) Chapter 17

(04:30:37) Chapter 18

(04:43:15) Chapter 19

(04:55:52) Chapter 20

(05:14:49) Chapter 21

(05:34:53) Chapter 22

(05:50:15) Chapter 23

(06:05:27) Chapter 24

(06:23:03) Chapter 25

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