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The Mary Elizabeth Braddon Library

The Mary Elizabeth Braddon Library

Written by: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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Welcome, dear listener, to The Mary Elizabeth Braddon Library. A chamber of secrets, a gallery of restless hearts, and a lantern-lit corridor of whispered confessions.

Here, behind the drawn curtain and within the quiet walls of respectable houses, you shall find what polite society would rather leave undiscovered: hidden marriages, perilous affections, fortunes won and lost, and heroines whose beauty is rivalled only by their resolve. In these pages, love is seldom safe, innocence is not always pure, and the past is never so thoroughly buried as one might wish.Public domain
Episodes
  • Eleanor's Victory Volume 3 Chapter 17 - The Horrors Of Delirium Tremens
    Apr 30 2026
    In which a disquieted Eleanor seeks the aid of a loyal friend and a boisterous ally as she confronts the troubled and turbulent keeper of a vital document in a squalid Parisian lodging. Amidst despair and delirium, the steadfast major’s intervention leads to a startling revelation, bringing unexpected company to her side at last.
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    26 mins
  • Eleanor's Victory Volume 3 Chapter 15 - Very Lonely
    Apr 30 2026
    In which Eleanor Monckton, dining with new acquaintances in Paris, encounters the disreputable yet knowledgeable Victor Bourdon, who reveals he possesses the lost will vital to her cause and proposes a dangerous alliance. Their tense conversation at the Palais Royal gardens unveils whispered secrets and the sting of betrayal, setting the stage for a negotiation fraught with risk and reprisal.
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    10 mins
  • Eleanor's Victory Volume 3 Chapter 14 - Margaret Lennard'S Delinquencies
    Apr 29 2026
    In which Eleanor enters the bewildering household of Major and Mrs. Lennard, whose childlike frivolity and chaotic indulgence provide a distracting refuge from her own anxieties. Mrs. Lennard, eager to share her life’s turbulent tale, recounts a story of love, sacrifice, and sorrow that entwines fate and duty in a manner both entertaining and tragic.
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    34 mins
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