Dead Love Has Chains
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Read by Celine Major
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?????? - Summary by Celine Major (4 hr 43 min)
Chapters
Chapter 1 | 22:21 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapter 2 | 19:51 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapter 3 | 36:37 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapter 4 | 14:52 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapter 5 | 30:36 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapter 6 | 22:39 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapter 7 | 28:47 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapter 8 Part 1 | 28:13 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapter 8 Part 2 | 29:43 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapter 8 Part 3 | 32:56 | Read by Celine Major |
Chapter 9 and Epilogue | 16:42 | Read by Celine Major |
Reviews
Nicely done, Celine M
ellene
Recommend. Uncomplicated enjoyable romance free of intellectual challenge.. Characters are developed and sympathetic.enough to be drawn into the story . Celine M, the reader, is talented and a pleasure to hear. I just finished her narration of the epic 8 series, The Mysteries of Paris by Eugene Sue. Awesome undertaking. Thank you
Short Story Feel
Clearspace
Loved the story and the familiar locations. The ending would be the start of a new length of a more complex narrative. Abrupt but probably a more realistic outcome. As an English reader of an English story I found the reading style stuccato, rather hurried American narration.
Love Story with a Twist
jbrown
This is an engaging book that you won’t want to put down. Conrad’s unlucky in love which costs him dearly. Can he find the pure, true love in a second try? Well narrated and I highly recommend.
One of my favorite readers
Ms. Elizabeth
I was not impressed with this story. It starts out pretty good then just fizzles. The ending was incomplete which I believe fiction does not have the right to do.
a bit much?
FBL
perhaps, MEB had lost some control of the narrative? ah well, quite a tale! the reader would be excellent if she read more slowly.
Good Shorter Novel 4 hrs
TLocke
More tragedy then romance, though are both present in this novel.
A LibriVox Listener
Good story; good reader. I thought I had the ending figured out, but I didn’t.
A LibriVox Listener
I enjoyed the book. The reader, not so much