Length22h 1m
About this audiobook
John Brownlow is a highly respected attorney; and he is the executor for Mrs Thomson's will, which left £50,000 to her daughter Phoebe. But he is also the beneficiary of that will, if Phoebe is not found within 25 years. As the years pass and Phoebe cannot be found, he begins to think of the money (now greatly increased) as his own. He buys a lovely country estate and raises his children Jack and Sara to associate with the neighbouring gentry. This story opens in the 25th year, when only a few months remain until the money and interest will be rightfully Mr Brownlow's. Mr Brownlow is becoming obsessed by the idea that the real heir will step forward at the last minute. Once an honourable man, he will now do anything to retain the legacy - and as the last hours approach, even thoughts of murder begin to haunt him. Meanwhile Jack and Sara know nothing of Mr Brownlow's secret. The once kind father now focuses on the importance of his children marrying well, in case the money is lost. But Jack has already fallen in love, and Sara is beginning to fall in love too.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length22 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 27, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I. MR. BROWNLOW’S MONEY.
24CHAPTER XXIV. A NEW CONSPIRATOR.
2CHAPTER II. SARA.
25CHAPTER XXV. HOW SARA REGARDED THE MOTE IN HER BROTHER’S EYE.
3CHAPTER III. A SUDDEN ALARM.
26CHAPTER XXVI. A DOUBLE HUMILIATION.
4CHAPTER IV. A LITTLE DINNER.
27CHAPTER XXVII. SARA’S OWN AFFAIRS.
5CHAPTER V. SARA’S SPECULATIONS.
28CHAPTER XXVIII. DESPAIR.
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6CHAPTER VI. AN ADVENTURE.
29CHAPTER XXIX. NEWS.
7CHAPTER VII. THE FATHER’S DAY AT THE OFFICE.
30CHAPTER XXX. WHAT FOLLOWED.
8CHAPTER VIII. YOUNG POWYS.
31CHAPTER XXXI. SUSPICION.
9CHAPTER IX. NEW NEIGHBORS.
32CHAPTER XXXII. THE REAL TRAITOR.
10CHAPTER X. AT THE GATE.
33CHAPTER XXXIII. ONLY MR. BROWNLOW’S CLERK.
11CHAPTER XI. THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
34CHAPTER XXXIV. AN IMPOSTOR.
12CHAPTER XII. NEWS OF FRIENDS.
35CHAPTER XXXV. AN UNLOOKED-FOR VISITOR.
13CHAPTER XIII. A CRISIS.
36CHAPTER XXXVI. MOMENTARY MADNESS.
14CHAPTER XIV.
37CHAPTER XXXVII. THE MORNING LIGHT.
15CHAPTER XV. LUNCHEON.
38CHAPTER XXXVIII. MOTHER AND LOVER.
16CHAPTER XVI.
39CHAPTER XXXIX. COMPOUND INTEREST.
17CHAPTER XVII. A CATASTROPHE.
40CHAPTER XL. JACK’S LAST TRIAL.
18CHAPTER XVIII. TREATING HIS OWN CASE.
41CHAPTER XLI. SIR CHARLES MOTHERWELL.
19CHAPTER XIX. PHŒBE THOMSON.
42CHAPTER XLII. A GUARDIAN.
20CHAPTER XX. POWYS’S BITS OF PAPER.
43CHAPTER XLIII. THE LIGHT OF COMMON DAY.
21CHAPTER XXI. HOW A MAN CAN DO WHAT HE LIKES WITH HIS OWN.
44CHAPTER XLIV. PAMELA’S MIND.
22CHAPTER XXII. THE DOWNFALL OF PHILOSOPHY.
45CHAPTER XLV. CONCLUSION.
23CHAPTER XXIII. ALL FOR LOVE.
