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The Florence Marryat Library

The Florence Marryat Library

Written by: Florence Marryat
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Enter a world of secrets, passions, strange visitations, unhappy marriages, daring women, and lives lived just beyond the boundaries of respectability.

The Florence Marryat Library presents the works of Florence Marryat in full, inviting a new generation of listeners into the vivid and often unsettling imagination of one of the Victorian era’s most fascinating novelists. Here are tales of love and jealousy, disguise and scandal, restless spirits and forbidden desires. Stories in which nothing is ever quite so respectable, or so easily explained, as it first appears.

Draw the curtains, settle by the fire, and listen closely. There are some stories which refuse to remain silent.Public domain
Episodes
  • The Blood of the Vampire Chapter II

    The Blood of the Vampire Chapter II
    Sep 21 2026
    In which the lively scene of the Digue at Heyst unfolds with its bustling promenaders and charming evening amusements, through the fresh eyes of the young and somewhat naïve Miss Brandt, whose spirited talk reveals her peculiar past and yearning for friendship. Amidst this gaiety, subtle tensions and delicate social nuances emerge, as Mrs. Pullen’s sudden faintness gently interrupts the evening’s harmony and introduces an air of concern and mystery.
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    25 mins
  • The Blood of the Vampire Chapter I

    The Blood of the Vampire Chapter I
    Sep 15 2026
    In which the quiet seaside resort of Heyst serves as a stage for a motley assembly of guests, where the arrival of the mysterious young Miss Brandt arouses both curiosity and disapproval among the English visitors at the Hôtel Lion d’Or. Her unfamiliar manner and recent emancipation from convent life present a striking contrast to the more familiar but vulgar Baroness Gobelli, setting a subtle undercurrent of social observation and whispered speculation.
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    27 mins
  • The Blood of the Vampire Chapter V

    The Blood of the Vampire Chapter V
    Oct 12 2026
    In which Harriet Brandt’s newfound confidence and surprising musical talent begin to captivate the guests at the seaside hotel, stirring varied opinions among her acquaintances. Meanwhile, Captain Ralph Pullen’s arrival introduces a fresh dynamic to the social scene, marked by genteel flirtations and the curious attentions of Madame Gobelli and others.
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    38 mins
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