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Phantom Fortune, A Novel Mary Elizabeth BRADDON Audiobook Part 2

Chapter Time
Lesbia Crosses Piccadilly 00:00:00
'Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, in Wild Disorder Seen' 00:28:27
'Swift, Subtle Post, Carrier of Grisly Care' 01:00:13
'Roses Choked Among the Thorns and Thistles' 01:24:38
'Kind is My Love To-day, To-morrow Kind' 01:58:38
Ways and Means 02:22:54
By Special Licence 02:42:23
'Our Love was New, and Then But in the Spring' 03:27:55
'All Fancy Pride, and Fickle Maidenhood' 03:48:33
A Rastaquouère 04:12:11
Lord Hatfield Refuses a Fortune 04:59:26
On Board the 'Cayman' 05:40:47
In Storm and Darkness 06:27:08
A Note of Alarm 06:55:21
Privileged Information 07:07:44
'Shall It Be?' 07:23:34
'Alas, for Sorrow is All the End of This' 07:33:12
'Oh, Sad Kissed Mouth, How Sorrowful it Is!' 08:00:21
'That Fell Arrest Without All Bail' 08:24:45
The Day of Reckoning 08:39:45


Phantom Fortune, A Novel

Mary Elizabeth BRADDON (1835 - 1915)
Lady Maulevrier was once a beautiful socialite, beloved and welcomed in London high society. But her life took a turn for the worse when her husband, whom she married only for his fortune, committed a terrible crime in India. Forty years later, she is taking care of her two granddaughters, Mary and Lesbia. She prefers Lesbia, because of her beauty. Therefore, the relationship between the sisters is tolerable at best. Mary marries the man of her dreams while Lesbia enters London society under the wing of her grandmother's faithful friend. Would she take all the advantages offered to her and find a match which would make her grandmother happy? Would Mary finally be happy? And what has Lord Maulevrier done in India which makes his wife continue to bury herself in shame? - Summary by Stav Nisser.

Genre(s): Romance

Language: English