The Wyvern Mystery
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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A classic with a pinch of romance, a pinch of gothic, and a dash of mystery, are you interested yet? When young Alice Maybell’ father dies she is taken in by Squire Fairfield, a widower with two handsome young sons, Charles and Harry. As Alice grows into a lovely young woman she attracts the attentions of more than one admirer, not all welcome. She marries the man she loves whilst fleeing the home she grew up in, but the blissful happiness that follows is short-lived. She finds herself pulled into the middle of the secrets of her husbands family’s past. No one is quite what they seem, and there are many twists along the way. What is this dark secret in her husband’s past? Who - or what - is the malignant presence that haunts Carwell Grange? Join us as we answer these troubling questions in ‘The Wyvern Mystery’ - Summary by fiddlesticks (15 hr 12 min)
Chapters
Alice Maybell | 6:34 | Read by Amy |
The Vale of Carwell | 8:01 | Read by fiddlesticks |
The Grange | 14:24 | Read by John |
The Old Squire and Alice Maybell | 16:05 | Read by John |
The Terrace Garden | 18:14 | Read by John |
The Old Squire Unlike Himself | 14:08 | Read by Rachel Lintern |
The Squires Eldest Son Comes Home | 16:58 | Read by Rachel Lintern |
Never Did Run Smooth | 12:48 | Read by Rachel Lintern |
in which the Squire Loses His Gold Headed Cane | 12:24 | Read by KaelyMonahan |
The Drive Over Cressley Common by Moonlight | 12:19 | Read by John |
Home | 14:27 | Read by Shasta |
The Omen of Carwell Grange | 15:39 | Read by Shasta |
An Inspection of Carwell Grange | 15:14 | Read by Shasta |
A Letter | 10:17 | Read by Lucy Park |
Harry Arrives | 8:18 | Read by Joan Windle |
A Party of Three | 9:05 | Read by Joan Windle |
Mildred Tarnley’s Warning Story | 23:07 | Read by Sandra Cullum |
The Brothers’ Walk | 16:24 | Read by Melissa Green |
Coming In | 14:38 | Read by John |
Harry Appears at the Grange | 14:28 | Read by John |
Harry’s Beer and Conversation | 15:50 | Read by John |
The Trout | 7:21 | Read by John |
The Visitor | 16:44 | Read by John |
The Summons | 27:16 | Read by Melissa Green |
Lilly Dogger is Sent to Bed | 11:31 | Read by John |
The Lady has her Tea | 20:49 | Read by John |
Through the House | 8:15 | Read by John |
The Bell Rings | 14:48 | Read by John |
Tom is Ordered Up | 13:33 | Read by John |
The Old Soldier Grows More Friendly and Frightens Mrs. Tarnley | 22:28 | Read by Sandra Cullum |
News From Cressley Common | 13:52 | Read by John |
An Unlooked-for Return | 19:07 | Read by John |
Charles Fairfield Alone | 11:21 | Read by John |
Awake | 17:24 | Read by Dustin Thomas |
Restless | 17:44 | Read by John |
Through the Wall | 19:32 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
A Messenger | 16:41 | Read by John |
Unreasonable Bertha | 13:33 | Read by John |
An Abduction | 12:44 | Read by John |
Pursuit | 9:02 | Read by John |
Day-Twilight-Darkness | 9:12 | Read by John |
Hatherton | 9:50 | Read by John |
The Welcome | 8:49 | Read by John |
The Wykford Doctor | 7:13 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
Speech Returns | 9:40 | Read by John |
Harry Drinks a Glass and Spills a Glass | 10:11 | Read by John |
Home to Wyvern | 11:38 | Read by John |
A Twilight Visit | 17:32 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
The Heir of the Fairfields | 17:21 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
Bertha Velderkaust | 18:48 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
Sergent-Major Archdale | 15:12 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
A Talk With the Squire | 15:44 | Read by John |
Harry Fairfield Grows Uneasy | 12:44 | Read by John |
A Drive to Twyford | 19:43 | Read by John |
How Fares the Child? | 20:59 | Read by John |
The Old Squire Leaves Wyvern | 9:18 | Read by John |
Marjory Trevellian | 14:59 | Read by John |
The Enchanted Garden | 15:27 | Read by John |
An Old Friend | 7:00 | Read by John |
Tom Orange | 7:41 | Read by John |
The Hour and the Man | 9:22 | Read by John |
The March to Noulton Farm | 21:17 | Read by John |
A Silent Farewell | 13:41 | Read by John |
The March by Night | 14:52 | Read by John |
Conclusion | 11:37 | Read by John |
Reviews
Melanie
This story is just awful. Don’t bother with it. Ugh. Tedious, disjointed, no point, bad characters....don’t bother.
D. Foster
Rambling interminable text coupled with amateurish readers. Would advise giving this one a wide berth
to long and to wordy
Leanna Alexander
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