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The Mary Elizabeth Braddon Library

The Mary Elizabeth Braddon Library

By: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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 Welcome, dear listener, to The Mary Elizabeth Braddon Library. A chamber of secrets, a gallery of restless hearts, and a lantern-lit corridor of whispered confessions.

Here, behind the drawn curtain and within the quiet walls of respectable houses, you shall find what polite society would rather leave undiscovered: hidden marriages, perilous affections, fortunes won and lost, and heroines whose beauty is rivalled only by their resolve. In these pages, love is seldom safe, innocence is not always pure, and the past is never so thoroughly buried as one might wish.Public domain
Episodes
  • Phantom Fortune Chapter 1 - Penelope

    Phantom Fortune Chapter 1 - Penelope
    Mar 26 2026
    In which we are ushered into a sumptuous London evening at Lord Denyer’s distinguished residence, where the glittering company whispers of scandal and distant colonial intrigues, and where the elegant Lady Maulevrier holds court with poised grace despite the storm gathering around her absent husband. Amidst the refined chatter and the soft glow of candlelight, the contrasts of societal splendour and whispered disgrace unfold with a subtle and measured tension.
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    19 mins
  • Phantom Fortune Chapter 3 - On the Wrong Road

    Phantom Fortune Chapter 3 - On the Wrong Road
    Mar 26 2026
    In which Lord and Lady Maulevrier undertake a protracted and wearying journey northward through increasingly wintry and desolate landscapes, culminating in an unexpected and enforced stop at a rustic inn amid a striking snowstorm. Here, amid the warmth of a simple hearth and the shared trials of those around them, Lady Maulevrier contemplates the sombre realities that shadow her husband's return and the uncertain prospects that lie before them.
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    26 mins
  • Phantom Fortune Chapter 2 - Ulysses

    Phantom Fortune Chapter 2 - Ulysses
    Mar 26 2026
    In which the autumnal gloom settles over Lady Maulevrier’s temporary abode at the Dolphin Hotel, where she awaits her husband’s arrival amidst whispers of scandal and impending ruin. The narrative delicately reveals the strained reunion of a troubled couple wrestling with the shadows of accusation and the fragile hope of seclusion at their Westmoreland retreat.
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    17 mins
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