Phantom Fortune, A Novel
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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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. (20 hr 9 min)
Chapters
Penelope | 18:38 | Read by chocmuse |
Ulysses | 16:48 | Read by chocmuse |
On the Wrong Road | 25:32 | Read by Jothi Tharavant |
The Last Stage | 7:44 | Read by Lynne T |
Forty Years After | 46:22 | Read by Vipal Prem |
Maulevrier's Humble Friend | 16:46 | Read by chocmuse |
In the Summer Morning | 14:25 | Read by chocmuse |
There is Always a Skeleton | 22:18 | Read by Lynne T |
A Cry in the Darkness | 27:56 | Read by Vanessa Garcia |
'O Bitterness of Things Too Sweet' | 33:03 | Read by Catharine Birdwell |
'If I Were to Do as Iseult Did' | 12:18 | Read by Caroline Morales |
'The Greater Cantle of the World is Lost' | 14:40 | Read by Lynne T |
'Since Painted or Not Painted All Things Shall Fade' | 36:13 | Read by Lynne T |
'Not Yet' | 19:19 | Read by Lynne T |
'Of All Men Else I Have Avoided Thee' | 19:25 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
'Her Face Resigned to Bliss or Bale' | 15:26 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
'And the Spring Comes Slowly Up this Way' | 28:34 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
'And Come Agen, Be it Night or Day' | 30:55 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
The Old Man on the Fell | 16:40 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
Lady Maulevrier's Letter-Bag | 17:39 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
On the Dark Brow of Helvellyn | 33:26 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
Wiser than Lesbia | 31:57 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
'A Young Lamb's Heart Among the Full-Grown Flocks' | 27:39 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
'Now Nothing Left to Love or Hate' | 46:37 | Read by Lynne T |
Carte Blanche | 54:59 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
'Proud Can I Never Be of What I Hate' | 30:31 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
Lesbia Crosses Piccadilly | 28:27 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
'Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, in Wild Disorder Seen' | 31:46 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
'Swift, Subtle Post, Carrier of Grisly Care' | 24:25 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
'Roses Choked Among the Thorns and Thistles' | 34:00 | Read by Catharine Birdwell |
'Kind is My Love To-day, To-morrow Kind' | 24:16 | Read by Lynne T |
Ways and Means | 19:29 | Read by Jothi Tharavant |
By Special Licence | 45:32 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
'Our Love was New, and Then But in the Spring' | 20:38 | Read by Lynne T |
'All Fancy Pride, and Fickle Maidenhood' | 23:38 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
A Rastaquouère | 47:15 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
Lord Hatfield Refuses a Fortune | 41:21 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
On Board the 'Cayman' | 46:21 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
In Storm and Darkness | 28:13 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
A Note of Alarm | 12:23 | Read by Caroline Morales |
Privileged Information | 15:50 | Read by Mary Herndon Bell |
'Shall It Be?' | 9:38 | Read by Atang |
'Alas, for Sorrow is All the End of This' | 27:09 | Read by Lynne T |
'Oh, Sad Kissed Mouth, How Sorrowful it Is!' | 24:24 | Read by Lynne T |
'That Fell Arrest Without All Bail' | 15:00 | Read by Lynne T |
The Day of Reckoning | 24:23 | Read by Jothi Tharavant |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
sadly, the book does not play properly for me. only a part of many of the chapters are read, and then stop. I do hope this can be sorted because it was looking very hopeful!
Worked 4/7/16
Lori K
Technically, one chapter stopped on it's own. To get it to play again I went into contents, selected the chapter, then selected "listen". My rating is for the story. I haven't felt that Bradden was long winded in her stories until this one. I wanted to abandon this book twice! The Indian mystery didn't have me interested at all until the very end. Mostly the book was about Lesbia who had nothing to do with it. Lesbia is selfish & focused on money & status unlike her sister. I did like the twist between them along with the ending but they aren't worth drudging through the boring life of Lesbia.
KAB
Great story, surprise ending. Most readers did well, except for one male reader near the end, who seemed to think he was in a speed-reading competition.
mostly well read
A LibriVox Listener
mostly well read the except for a few readers toward the end
good story
Nat
Readers do a good job. Some are really good narrators!
Joe
I loved the story but the end was a slight anticlimax..
Pink Blossom
Was very disappointed 😒guessed everything before it happened 🤣