Length31h 56m
About this audiobook
When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of the repercussions to come, for the secret he reveals involves the mysterious Lydia Gwilt: flame-haired temptress, bigamist, laudanum addict and husband-poisoner. Her malicious intrigues fuel the plot of this gripping melodrama: a tale of confused identities, inherited curses, romantic rivalries, espionage, money—and murder. The character of Lydia Gwilt horrified contemporary critics, with one reviewer describing her as "One of the most hardened female villains whose devices and desires have ever blackened fiction." She remains among the most enigmatic and fascinating women in nineteenth-century literature and the dark heart of this most sensational of Victorian "sensation novels." (Goodreads)
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length31 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 17, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1TO
28I. MRS. MILROY.
2PROLOGUE.
29II. THE MAN IS FOUND.
3I. THE TRAVELERS.
30III. THE BRINK OF DISCOVERY.
4II. THE SOLID SIDE OF THE SCOTCH CHARACTER.
31IV. ALLAN AT BAY.
5III. THE WRECK OF THE TIMBER SHIP.
32V. PEDGIFT’S REMEDY.
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6THE STORY.
33VI. PEDGIFT’S POSTSCRIPT.
7BOOK THE FIRST.
34VII. THE MARTYRDOM OF MISS GWILT.
8I. THE MYSTERY OF OZIAS MIDWINTER.
35VIII. SHE COMES BETWEEN THEM.
9II. THE MAN REVEALED.
36IX. SHE KNOWS THE TRUTH.
10III. DAY AND NIGHT
37X. MISS GWILT’S DIARY.
11IV. THE SHADOW OF THE PAST.
38XI. LOVE AND LAW.
12V. THE SHADOW OF THE FUTURE.
39XII. A SCANDAL AT THE STATION.
13BOOK THE SECOND
40XIII. AN OLD MAN’S HEART.
14I. LURKING MISCHIEF.
41XIV. MISS GWILT’S DIARY.
15II. ALLAN AS A LANDED GENTLEMAN.
42XV. THE WEDDING-DAY.
16III. THE CLAIMS OF SOCIETY.
43BOOK THE FOURTH.
17IV. THE MARCH OF EVENTS.
44I. MISS GWILT’S DIARY.
18V. MOTHER OLDERSHAW ON HER GUARD.
45II. THE DIARY CONTINUED.
19VI. MIDWINTER IN DISGUISE.
46III. THE DIARY BROKEN OFF.
20VII. THE PLOT THICKENS.
47BOOK THE LAST.
21VIII. THE NORFOLK BROADS.
48I. AT THE TERMINUS.
22IX. FATE OR CHANCE?
49II. IN THE HOUSE.
23X. THE HOUSE-MAID’S FACE.
50III. THE PURPLE FLASK.
24XI. MISS GWILT AMONG THE QUICKSANDS.
51EPILOGUE.
25XII. THE CLOUDING OF THE SKY.
52I. NEWS FROM NORFOLK.
26XIII. EXIT.
53II. MIDWINTER.
27BOOK THE THIRD.
