The Mysteries of London Vol. IV

The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the fourth and final volume. Initially serialized in weekly installments, they were the forerunners of today's soap operas. Known as "Penny Dreadfuls", they had no claim to literary brilliance but offered readers entertainment and excitement in the form of vice, poverty, wealth, virtue, mystery, romance and scandal in every combination and reached a mass audience. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (21 hr 55 min)

Chapters

CONTINUATION OF THE BLACK’S VISITS TO HIS PRISONERS	24:30	Read by Jim Locke
A CONVERSATION	31:35	Read by Jim Locke
THE CONVERSATION CONCLUDED	17:56	Read by Jim Locke
ESTHER DE MEDINA AND OLD DEATH	24:08	Read by Jim Locke
OLD DEATH IN THE DUNGEON	25:29	Read by Jim Locke
THOMAS RAINFORD	17:07	Read by Brian Keenan
OLD DEATH	20:03	Read by Brian Keenan
AN EXPLANATORY CONVERSATION	19:34	Read by Brian Keenan
THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS’ COURT	25:23	Read by Brian Keenan
THE EXAMINATION OF MR. FRANK CURTIS	24:45	Read by Brian Keenan
THE LAPSE OF NINETEEN YEARS	29:10	Read by Brian Keenan
MR. HATFIELD	20:02	Read by Brian Keenan
TWO OF THE READER’S OLD FRIENDS	14:41	Read by Brian Keenan
A MAN OF BUSINESS	14:14	Read by Steven Seitel
CHARLES HATFIELD	36:12	Read by Steven Seitel
THE PROJECTED RAILWAY COMPANY	37:20	Read by Steven Seitel
ELUCIDATIONS	32:17	Read by Brian Keenan
THE WANDERERS	26:24	Read by GRuss
THE JOURNEY CONTINUED AND CONCLUDED	37:49	Read by Brian Keenan
THE ADVERTISING AGENT	11:17	Read by Steven Seitel
PERDITA	39:05	Read by Rita Boutros
THE SYREN’S ARTS AND CHARMS	50:51	Read by MajorHistory
THE DANGEROUS SOPHISTRY OF A LOVELY WOMAN	15:03	Read by Brian Keenan
A THRONE SURROUNDED BY REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS	44:40	Read by Gillian Hendrie
A PAINFUL SCENE	30:43	Read by Gillian Hendrie
CHARLES HATFIELD AND MRS. FITZHARDINGE	21:19	Read by Gillian Hendrie
INFATUATION	42:23	Read by Gillian Hendrie
TWO MORE OLD ACQUAINTANCES	18:55	Read by Gillian Hendrie
THE MONEY-LENDER	24:54	Read by Gillian Hendrie
THE MISER ALONE IN HIS DWELLING	16:23	Read by Jim Locke
FRESH SCENES AND MORE TROUBLES AT HOME	33:29	Read by Lynne T
THE FLIGHT	16:29	Read by Brian Keenan
THE DRESS-MAKER: A LOVE STORY Part 1	42:20	Read by Jim Locke
THE DRESS-MAKER: A LOVE STORY Part 2	33:28	Read by Jim Locke
THE DRESS-MAKER: A LOVE STORY Part 3	38:30	Read by Jim Locke
CONCLUSION OF THE HISTORY OF THE DRESS-MAKER: A LOVE STORY	26:35	Read by Jim Locke
DOVER	24:09	Read by Brian Keenan
A MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE.—THE JOURNEY CONTINUED	20:57	Read by Brian Keenan
TWO UNPLEASANT LODGERS	25:29	Read by Jim Locke
THE CAPTAIN’S LUDICROUS ADVENTURE	23:12	Read by Jim Locke
THE CHARTER HOUSE	20:51	Read by Jim Locke
A STRANGE NARRATIVE	33:25	Read by Jim Locke
THE COLONEL AND THE CAPTAIN	13:44	Read by Kathryn Phipps
THE CALM.—THE TEMPEST	42:20	Read by Anne Fletcher
THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE SON’S WIFE	49:25	Read by Anne Fletcher
FATHER AND SON	27:54	Read by Anne Fletcher
MRS. FITZHARDINGE	20:54	Read by Anne Fletcher
THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER	35:30	Read by Anne Fletcher
THE HALF-BROTHERS	23:00	Read by Brian Keenan
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS.—THE DEPARTURE OF CHARLES HATFIELD	12:15	Read by Lynne T
MRS. MORTIMER IN LONDON	23:14	Read by Jim Locke
MRS. MORTIMER’S ADVENTURES CONTINUED	20:10	Read by Jim Locke
THE HUSBAND AND WIFE	22:20	Read by ibkhan
AGNES VERNON AND HER FATHER	25:30	Read by Jim Locke
LAURA IN PARIS	47:18	Read by Jim Locke
LAURA AND ROSALIE	22:26	Read by BrittanyRill
LAURA’S AMOUR	22:30	Read by BrittanyRill
LORD WILLIAM TREVELYAN	46:00	Read by Dr. Lyndon
A SKETCH OF TWO BROTHERS.—A MYSTERY	38:38	Read by Dr. Lyndon
THE LAWYER	38:19	Read by Dr. Lyndon
THE NOBLEMAN AND THE LAWYER	16:50	Read by ChadH94
A SCENE	23:41	Read by Brian Keenan
AGNES AND MRS. MORTIMER	27:39	Read by Jim Locke
JACK RILY, THE DOCTOR	33:12	Read by Jim Locke
A MAIDEN’S FIRST LOVE	18:44	Read by Lola Janie
HOPES FULFILLED	20:45	Read by Jim Locke
A NIGHT OF TERRORS	28:23	Read by Christina Bui
THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN STAMFORD STREET	27:37	Read by Steven Seitel
SCENES IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE	31:33	Read by Steven Seitel
HISTORY OF THE HAUNTED HOUSES IN STAMFORD STREET	50:05	Read by 5Tommy00
CONCLUSION OF THE HISTORY OF THE HAUNTED HOUSES Part 1	44:41	Read by Jim Locke
CONCLUSION OF THE HISTORY OF THE HAUNTED HOUSES Part 2	38:41	Read by Jim Locke
CONCLUSION OF THE HISTORY OF THE HAUNTED HOUSES Part 3	25:50	Read by Jim Locke
THE GHOST.—AGNES AND MRS. MORTIMER	36:40	Read by Susan Floerchinger
AGNES AND TREVELYAN	18:27	Read by Jim Locke
EXPLANATIONS	13:57	Read by Jim Locke
LAURA MORTIMER’S NEW INTRIGUES	27:32	Read by Jim Locke
AN UNEXPECTED VISIT AND A DREADED ARRIVAL	22:01	Read by Kathleen Moore
LAURA AND HER MOTHER.—ANOTHER INTERRUPTION	26:43	Read by Kathleen Moore
THE LAWYER’S HEAD CLERK	20:03	Read by Kathleen Moore
DR. SWINTON	12:20	Read by Jim Locke
THE LUNATIC ASYLUM	16:07	Read by Lola Janie
THE CONFESSIONS OF A LUNATIC Part 1	30:24	Read by Mairi Patterson
THE CONFESSIONS OF A LUNATIC Part 2	26:42	Read by Jim Locke
SCENES IN THE LUNATIC ASYLUM	23:15	Read by Matea Bracic
A SCENE IN A CAB	23:09	Read by Matea Bracic
THE OLD MARQUIS AND THE YOUNG LORD	28:56	Read by Matea Bracic
MRS. MORTIMER IN LONDON AGAIN	13:46	Read by Lynne T
JACK RILY AND MRS. MORTIMER	24:12	Read by Jim Locke
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER AGAIN	22:43	Read by Jim Locke
HORRORS.	17:25	Read by Jim Locke
RESOLUTIONS.	14:25	Read by Jim Locke
THE MARQUIS OF DELMOUR	16:39	Read by Jim Locke
CASTELCICALA	20:43	Read by Jim Locke
THE MARCHIONESS OF DELMOUR	25:34	Read by Jim Locke
JACK RILY AND THE LAWYER’S CLERK	15:33	Read by Jim Locke
MR. HEATHCOTE AND HIS CLERK	21:45	Read by Jim Locke
JACK RILY AND VITRIOL BOB	22:30	Read by Jim Locke
THE BENGAL ARMS.—RENEWED WANDERINGS	18:11	Read by Jim Locke
THE CATASTROPHE	16:59	Read by Jim Locke
THE CASTELCICALAN REPUBLIC	13:48	Read by Jim Locke
CHARLES HATFIELD IN LONDON AGAIN	18:57	Read by Jim Locke
MR. GREEN’S OFFICE	23:20	Read by Jim Locke
PERDITA, THE LOST ONE!	21:16	Read by Jim Locke
MR. GREEN’S MISSION	21:13	Read by Jim Locke
CONCLUSION	27:35	Read by Jim Locke

Reviews

Sections 1 thru 5 Need to be Re-Recorded

(2 stars)

karin21201

I hate to be unkind, but the first five sections are so terribly read (cadence, inflection, etc.) that I cannot listen to them. I appreciate the reader's passion to help and to make this available to others. I hope others can enjoy them and that this issue is mine alone.

good reader, bad stories

(3 stars)

Suzie

The reader does a good job, but the stories are interminable - the author’s wordy rambling style made me lose track of the plot and I kept skipping thru the endless, senseless descriptions to get to the end. If it weren’t for the, I’d have given this book one star.

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