
Length28h 10m
About this audiobook
The story centres on the Godolphin family, who run a bank in a small town. After the death of Sir Thomas Godolphin, his two sons Thomas and George take over the business. Whereas Thomas, the elder, is a serious, pious and honest gentleman through and through, whose private life was blighted through the premature death of his fiancée, George, also known as "ready George", is a free and easy dapper man about town, whose irresponsible gambling debts lead him into defalcation and the manipulation of the bank's books. When it finally becomes known that George has misappropriated some bonds, this scandal starts a run on the bank, eventually resulting in the Godolphin's bankruptcy and the ruin of many small depositors. (Goodreads)
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length28 hrs 10 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 27, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CONTENTS.
32CHAPTER VIII. THE TRADITION OF THE DARK PLAIN.
2CHAPTER I. THE MEET OF THE HOUNDS.
33CHAPTER IX. THE DEAD ALIVE AGAIN.
3CHAPTER II. LADY GODOLPHIN’S FOLLY.
34CHAPTER X. NINE THOUSAND AND FORTY-FIVE POUNDS.
4CHAPTER III. THE DARK PLAIN IN THE MOONLIGHT.
35CHAPTER XI. THOSE BONDS AGAIN!
5CHAPTER IV. ALL SOULS’ RECTORY.
36CHAPTER XII. “I SEE IT: BUT I CANNOT EXPLAIN IT.”
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6CHAPTER V. THOMAS GODOLPHIN’S LOVE.
37CHAPTER XIII. A RED-LETTER DAY FOR MRS. BOND.
7CHAPTER VI. CHARLOTTE PAIN.
38CHAPTER XIV. ISAAC HASTINGS TURNS TO THINKING.
8CHAPTER VII. BROOMHEAD.
39CHAPTER XV. A NIGHTMARE FOR THE RECTOR OF ALL SOULS’.
9CHAPTER VIII. A SNAKE IN THE GRASS.
40CHAPTER XVI. MR. LAYTON “LOOKED UP.”
10CHAPTER IX. MR. SANDY’S “TRADE.”
41CHAPTER XVII. GONE!
11CHAPTER X. THE SHADOW.
42CHAPTER XVIII. MURMURS; AND CURIOUS DOUBTS.
12CHAPTER XI. A TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH.
43CHAPTER XIX. BOBBING JOAN.
13CHAPTER XII. DEAD.
44CHAPTER XX. MRS. BOND’S VISIT.
14CHAPTER XIII. UNAVAILING REGRETS.
45CHAPTER XXI. A DREAD FEAR.
15CHAPTER XIV. GONE ON BEFORE.
46CHAPTER XXII. BEARING THE BRUNT.
16CHAPTER XV. A MIDNIGHT WALK.
47CHAPTER XXIII. “AS FINE AS A QUEEN!”
17CHAPTER XVI. THE LAST JOURNEY.
48CHAPTER XXIV. A VISIT TO LORD AVERIL.
18CHAPTER XVII. A ROW ON THE WATER.
49CHAPTER XXV. IN THE STREETS OF PRIOR’S ASH.
19CHAPTER XVIII. STRAW IN THE STREETS.
50CHAPTER XXVI. MY LADY WASHES HER HANDS.
20CHAPTER XIX. ONE STICK DISCARDED.
51CHAPTER XXVII. A BROKEN IDOL.
21CHAPTER XX. A REVELATION TO ALL SOULS’ RECTOR.
52PART THE THIRD.
22CHAPTER XXI. CHARLOTTE’S BARGAIN.
53CHAPTER I. A MORNING CALL.
23CHAPTER XXII. DANGEROUS AMUSEMENT.
54CHAPTER II. NEARER AND NEARER.
24PART THE SECOND.
55CHAPTER III. FOR THE LAST TIME.
25CHAPTER I. SIXTY POUNDS TO OLD JEKYL.
56CHAPTER IV. GATHERED TO HIS FATHERS.
26CHAPTER II. WHY DID IT ANGER HIM?
57CHAPTER V. COMMOTION AT ASHLYDYAT.
27CHAPTER III. CECIL’S ROMANCE.
58CHAPTER VI. A CROWD OF MEMORIES.
28CHAPTER IV. CHARLOTTE PAIN’S “TURN-OUT.”
59CHAPTER VII. AT REST.
29CHAPTER V. A REVELATION.
60CHAPTER VIII. A SAD PARTING.
30CHAPTER VI. MR. VERRALL’S CHAMBERS.
61CHAPTER IX. A SAFE VOYAGE TO HIM!
31CHAPTER VII. BEYOND RECALL.