Lady Maulevrier was once a beautiful socialite, beloved and welcomed in London high society. But her life took a turn for the worse when her husband, whom she married only for his fortune, committed a terrible crime in India. Forty years later, she is taking care of her two granddaughters, Mary and Lesbia. She prefers Lesbia, because of her beauty. Therefore, the relationship between the sisters is tolerable at best. Mary marries the man of her dreams while Lesbia enters London society under the wing of her grandmother's faithful friend. Would she take all the advantages offered to her and find a match which would make her grandmother happy? Would Mary finally be happy? And what has Lord Maulevrier done in India which makes his wife continue to bury herself in shame? - Summary by Stav Nisser.
Chapters
1
Penelope Read by chocmuse 18:38
2
Ulysses Read by chocmuse 16:48
3
On the Wrong Road Read by Jothi Tharavant 25:32
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The Last Stage Read by Lynne T 7:44
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Forty Years After Read by Vipal Prem 46:22
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Maulevrier's Humble Friend Read by chocmuse 16:46
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In the Summer Morning Read by chocmuse 14:25
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There is Always a Skeleton Read by Lynne T 22:18
9
A Cry in the Darkness Read by Vanessa Garcia 27:56
10
'O Bitterness of Things Too Sweet' Read by Catharine Birdwell 33:03
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'If I Were to Do as Iseult Did' Read by Caroline Morales 12:18
12
'The Greater Cantle of the World is Lost' Read by Lynne T 14:40
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'Since Painted or Not Painted All Things Shall Fade' Read by Lynne T 36:13
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'Not Yet' Read by Lynne T 19:19
15
'Of All Men Else I Have Avoided Thee' Read by Mary Herndon Bell 19:25
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'Her Face Resigned to Bliss or Bale' Read by Mary Herndon Bell 15:26
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'And the Spring Comes Slowly Up this Way' Read by Mary Herndon Bell 28:34
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'And Come Agen, Be it Night or Day' Read by Mary Herndon Bell 30:55
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The Old Man on the Fell Read by Mary Herndon Bell 16:40
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Lady Maulevrier's Letter-Bag Read by Mary Herndon Bell 17:39
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On the Dark Brow of Helvellyn Read by Mary Herndon Bell 33:26
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Wiser than Lesbia Read by Mary Herndon Bell 31:57
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'A Young Lamb's Heart Among the Full-Grown Flocks' Read by Mary Herndon Bell 27:39
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'Now Nothing Left to Love or Hate' Read by Lynne T 46:37
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Carte Blanche Read by Mary Herndon Bell 54:59
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'Proud Can I Never Be of What I Hate' Read by Mary Herndon Bell 30:31
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Lesbia Crosses Piccadilly Read by Mary Herndon Bell 28:27
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'Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, in Wild Disorder Seen' Read by Mary Herndon Bell 31:46
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'Swift, Subtle Post, Carrier of Grisly Care' Read by Mary Herndon Bell 24:25
30
'Roses Choked Among the Thorns and Thistles' Read by Catharine Birdwell 34:00
31
'Kind is My Love To-day, To-morrow Kind' Read by Lynne T 24:16
32
Ways and Means Read by Jothi Tharavant 19:29
33
By Special Licence Read by Mary Herndon Bell 45:32
34
'Our Love was New, and Then But in the Spring' Read by Lynne T 20:38
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'All Fancy Pride, and Fickle Maidenhood' Read by Mary Herndon Bell 23:38
36
A Rastaquouère Read by Mary Herndon Bell 47:15
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Lord Hatfield Refuses a Fortune Read by Mary Herndon Bell 41:21
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On Board the 'Cayman' Read by Mary Herndon Bell 46:21
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In Storm and Darkness Read by Mary Herndon Bell 28:13
40
A Note of Alarm Read by Caroline Morales 12:23
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Privileged Information Read by Mary Herndon Bell 15:50
42
'Shall It Be?' Read by Atang 9:38
43
'Alas, for Sorrow is All the End of This' Read by Lynne T 27:09
44
'Oh, Sad Kissed Mouth, How Sorrowful it Is!' Read by Lynne T 24:24
45
'That Fell Arrest Without All Bail' Read by Lynne T 15:00
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The Day of Reckoning Read by Jothi Tharavant 24:23
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