Classic Audiobook Collection

Cousin Maude by Mary Jane Holmes audiobook. Genre: familyWhen Matilda's husband James dies, she marries rich Dr. Kennedy thinking he will provide a good home for her daughter Maude. However, the doctor is a miser and assumes that Matty will be his housekeeper. They have a little boy who is crippled and the doctor ignores him. Maude is totally devoted to him and on her mother's deathbed promises to look after him always. The story then evolves with Maude meeting her stepsister Nellie's cousins JC and James. Nellie has set her sights on JC who is after her money while Maude develops strong feelings towards James. JC begins to fall for Maude and when he learns that she has come into an inheritance bequeathed to her by her mother's former servant/nurse Janet he proposes to her. The complications that follow along with the arrival of a new stepmother add just the right amount of drama to this sweet romance. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:24:52) Chapter 02(00:47:45) Chapter 03(01:26:54) Chapter 04(01:55:55) Chapter 05(02:15:31) Chapter 06(02:42:09) Chapter 07(03:12:39) Chapter 08(03:45:42) Chapter 09(04:10:32) Chapter 10(04:37:03) Chapter 11(04:59:48) Chapter 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bessie's Fortune by Mary Jane Holmes audiobook. Genre: mysteryIn Boston and quiet Allington, New England, the polished Jerrold household is built on ambition, appearances, and a carefully guarded past. When an aging patriarch on a lonely farm insists on making a final confession, old wounds reopen and whispers of a long-buried crime begin to circle through the family - along with rumors of money that vanished the same night. Across the Atlantic, another branch of this tangled history is taking shape: Daisy McPherson, dazzling and reckless, drifts from hotel to hotel and gaming table to gaming table, while her gentle husband Archie clings to honor and a promise never to gamble. Their daughter, Bessie, grows up bright, dutiful, and painfully familiar with poverty, learning to work, to wait, and to hope in the shadow of her mother's appetites. When the search for a rightful heir finally reaches Bessie's doorstep, she is pulled from the worn rooms of Stoneleigh into a world of scrutiny and temptation - and into the competing attentions of three very different men. Caught between love, duty, and the seductive power of wealth, Bessie must decide what kind of fortune she truly wants.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:34:16) Chapter 02(00:56:28) Chapter 03(01:25:27) Chapter 04(01:55:52) Chapter 05(02:20:57) Chapter 06(02:58:00) Chapter 07(03:34:22) Chapter 08(04:10:50) Chapter 09(04:34:21) Chapter 10(05:01:39) Chapter 11(05:34:06) Chapter 12(05:58:27) Chapter 13(06:34:24) Chapter 14(07:02:29) Chapter 15(07:23:28) Chapter 16(07:53:44) Chapter 17(08:24:20) Chapter 18(08:55:48) Chapter 19(09:18:33) Chapter 20(09:43:04) Chapter 21(10:20:38) Chapter 22(10:48:11) Chapter 23(11:20:53) Chapter 24(11:55:40) Chapter 25(12:31:06) Chapter 26(12:58:18) Chapter 27(13:23:10) Chapter 28(13:50:53) Chapter 29(14:11:40) Chapter 30(14:48:03) Chapter 31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thou Art The Man by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook. Genre: mysteryMary Elizabeth Braddon's late-Victorian mystery opens on a tragedy that shatters a young love story. At the Scottish estate of Ellerslie, Brandon Mountford, a sensitive gentleman burdened by epilepsy and frightening gaps in memory, is discovered near a brutal death and quickly becomes the obvious suspect. Forced to flee rather than face a trial that seems decided in advance, Brandon vanishes, and the woman who loved him, heiress Sibyl Higginson, is left to rebuild her life under the shadow of unanswered questions. Ten years later, Sibyl, now Lady Penrith, is traveling across a bleak stretch of moorland when a disturbed stranger thrusts a scrawled message into her hands, a message Sibyl believes can only have come from Brandon. With her spirited niece Coralie Urquhart at her side, Sibyl begins to trace the note back to its source, reopening the old case and stirring up long-buried rivalries, family secrets, and motives for murder. Blending relentless suspense with Braddon's fascination for contemporary ideas about disease, heredity, and criminal responsibility, Thou Art the Man drives toward a moral reckoning in which someone must finally be named and confronted.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:43:38) Chapter 02(00:53:14) Chapter 03(01:23:49) Chapter 04(02:15:03) Chapter 05(03:04:27) Chapter 06(04:00:50) Chapter 07(04:36:25) Chapter 08(04:55:20) Chapter 09(05:48:50) Chapter 10(06:27:09) Chapter 11(06:41:03) Chapter 12(07:10:49) Chapter 13(07:51:34) Chapter 14(08:35:11) Chapter 15(09:03:28) Chapter 16(09:26:05) Chapter 17(10:02:24) Chapter 18(10:24:22) Chapter 19(10:45:45) Chapter 20(11:08:42) Chapter 21(11:29:47) Chapter 22(11:58:23) Chapter 23(12:16:21) Chapter 24(12:40:04) Chapter 25(13:05:46) Chapter 26(13:40:46) Chapter 27(14:29:58) Chapter 28(15:18:56) Chapter 29(15:43:32) Chapter 30(15:57:27) Chapter 31(16:29:26) Chapter 32 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Day Will Come by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook. Genre: mysteryIn the quiet Dorset village of Cheriton, wedding bells welcome Juanita Dalbrook home as a bride. She is the only child of James Dalbrook, now Lord Cheriton, a brilliant barrister turned self-made peer whose ambition has bought him an ancient estate and a place among the county families. Juanita's marriage to Sir Godfrey Carmichael seems to seal that rise at last, joining new money to old blood and turning Cheriton Chase into the perfect honeymoon refuge. But beneath the pageantry lie old resentments, anxious hopes of inheritance, and a past Lord Cheriton has worked hard to bury. When violence shatters the household and suspicion spreads through servants' corridors and drawing rooms alike, the tragedy becomes more than private grief - it becomes a puzzle with consequences for names, fortunes, and reputations. Into the gathering darkness steps Theodore Dalbrook, Juanita's capable cousin and a working barrister, determined to uncover the truth. His search draws him from country lanes to London streets, through legal traps and social masks, toward the hidden motive that could explain a crime born of betrayal and revenge.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:37:57) Chapter 02(01:09:18) Chapter 03(01:21:14) Chapter 04(01:41:10) Chapter 05(02:02:55) Chapter 06(02:30:38) Chapter 07(02:51:53) Chapter 08(03:40:25) Chapter 09(04:18:39) Chapter 10(04:39:58) Chapter 11(04:58:19) Chapter 12(05:23:16) Chapter 13(05:40:59) Chapter 14(06:17:46) Chapter 15(06:59:25) Chapter 16(07:35:10) Chapter 17(08:16:30) Chapter 18(08:50:22) Chapter 19(09:33:31) Chapter 20(10:08:48) Chapter 21(10:50:57) Chapter 22(11:05:41) Chapter 23(11:30:18) Chapter 24(11:47:09) Chapter 25(12:09:06) Chapter 26(12:32:10) Chapter 27(12:43:52) Chapter 28(13:21:25) Chapter 29(13:33:38) Chapter 30(14:04:29) Chapter 31(14:26:40) Chapter 32(14:40:54) Chapter 33(15:08:45) Chapter 34(15:37:55) Chapter 35(15:56:59) Chapter 36 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taken at the Flood by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook. Genre: thrillerIn Victorian England, Sylvia Carew has been raised in modest circumstances by a parish schoolmaster whose carefully guarded history has left her with more questions than security. Clever, beautiful, and fiercely determined to escape poverty, Sylvia finds herself torn between the steady devotion of Edmund Standen, a respectable young banker, and the glittering promise of rank, money, and a great house. When an unexpected path opens to a titled marriage, Sylvia seizes it, convinced she can outpace regret and remake herself as Lady Perriam. But society has a long memory, and Sylvia's new life comes with watchful eyes: anxious relatives, a hard-headed family adviser, and neighbors eager to turn rumor into scandal. As old affections flare back to life and buried facts begin to surface, Sylvia is forced into ever riskier bargains to protect her position and her child. Driven by ambition as much as love, she must decide how far she will go to keep what she has gained - and what it will cost when the tide of consequences turns.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:21:46) Chapter 02(00:48:22) Chapter 03(01:17:09) Chapter 04(01:47:16) Chapter 05(02:17:32) Chapter 06(02:44:25) Chapter 07(03:11:03) Chapter 08(03:47:11) Chapter 09(04:20:23) Chapter 10(04:53:39) Chapter 11(05:28:35) Chapter 12(06:09:45) Chapter 13(06:48:26) Chapter 14(07:23:48) Chapter 15(07:48:13) Chapter 16(08:19:25) Chapter 17(08:46:49) Chapter 18(09:12:23) Chapter 19(09:45:26) Chapter 20(10:19:46) Chapter 21(10:50:43) Chapter 22(11:25:55) Chapter 23(12:01:02) Chapter 24(12:27:49) Chapter 25(12:53:39) Chapter 26(13:15:55) Chapter 27(13:50:25) Chapter 28(14:20:17) Chapter 29(14:49:28) Chapter 30(15:17:13) Chapter 31(15:46:12) Chapter 32(16:11:01) Chapter 33(16:39:27) Chapter 34(17:04:40) Chapter 35(17:36:01) Chapter 36 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One Life, One Love by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook. Genre: romanceClara and Robert Hatrell lead an ideal life with their young daughter Daisy in a beautiful old fashioned cottage on the banks of the Thames. When his son Cyril goes away to school their friend and neighbor Ambrose Arden who is a notable scholar offers to tutor Daisy. Some time later Robert carrying a large amount in banknotes is found stabbed to death in a London rooming house supposedly lured there by the mention of someone called Toinette. The murderer is not found and the money trail implicates a Frenchwoman exchanging the notes in Cannes, Nice and Paris. As the story progresses we are taken to Paris where new characters are introduced. Will one of them lead us to the actual villain??? For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:40:21) Chapter 02(01:08:59) Chapter 03(01:26:09) Chapter 04(02:04:10) Chapter 05(02:46:20) Chapter 06(03:27:03) Chapter 07(04:12:58) Chapter 08(04:48:53) Chapter 09(05:21:27) Chapter 10(06:03:35) Chapter 11(06:39:07) Chapter 12(07:09:21) Chapter 13(07:41:45) Chapter 14(08:13:38) Chapter 15(08:48:41) Chapter 16(09:19:23) Chapter 17(09:48:45) Chapter 18(10:21:56) Chapter 19(10:51:47) Chapter 20(11:25:15) Chapter 21(11:57:51) Chapter 22(12:27:49) Chapter 23(12:54:03) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mount Royal Volume III by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook. Genre: mysteryIn Mount Royal Volume III, Mary Elizabeth Braddon drives her Victorian sensation tale toward its most dangerous reckonings. At the isolated estate of Mount Royal, Christabel Tregonell lives under the weight of a marriage soured by jealousy and a past love that refuses to stay buried. As winter closes in, the house turns quiet and watchful, and every polite visit or whispered message feels like a threat. Christabel's circle tightens around a few figures whose loyalties are uncertain: her perceptive companion Miss Bridgeman, the steady Major Bree, and a man from beyond England whose presence fans suspicion into obsession. Old injuries, a disputed encounter on a lonely coast, and unanswered questions about honor and violence re-emerge, until talk of a duel begins to sound too much like a plan for murder. Forced to choose between revenge and conscience, Christabel must protect what matters most to her while confronting how far a wounded heart can be pushed before it breaks. Romance, moral struggle, and dark intrigue intertwine as Braddon tests the cost of secrets in a world ruled by appearances.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:24:06) Chapter 02(00:42:10) Chapter 03(00:56:43) Chapter 04(01:20:37) Chapter 05(01:31:06) Chapter 06(01:51:31) Chapter 07(02:11:29) Chapter 08(02:25:57) Chapter 09(02:55:50) Chapter 10(03:12:37) Chapter 11(03:47:31) Chapter 12(04:21:34) Chapter 13(04:43:52) Chapter 14(05:08:45) Chapter 15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mount Royal Volume II by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook. Genre: romanceMount Royal Volume II deepens Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Victorian tale of passion tested by conscience and circumstance. Angus Hamleigh, shaken by a dangerous illness and the shadow of his own past, receives a letter from his beloved Christabel Courtenay that asks for sacrifice instead of vows: she cannot marry him unless he makes amends for a wrong that society will never forget. As Angus weighs love against duty, Christabel returns to the sheltered grandeur of Mount Royal under the watchful devotion of her aunt, Mrs. Tregonell, only to find the old household schemes tightening into a trap. Mrs. Tregonell's son, Leonard, comes home with jealousy, charm, and a sense of entitlement to the woman he has always expected to claim, and his presence turns every conversation into a contest of pride and note-perfect manners. While visitors drift through the Cornish estate and gossip blooms into accusation, Braddon layers romance with unease: half-heard rumors, compromised reputations, and the hint that violence may follow where selfishness leads. In this volume, love is not a simple choice, but a trial that demands courage, secrecy, and a price no one wants to pay.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:15:09) Chapter 02(00:24:19) Chapter 03(00:49:13) Chapter 04(01:29:09) Chapter 05(01:58:32) Chapter 06(02:14:24) Chapter 07(02:32:52) Chapter 08(02:47:54) Chapter 09(03:28:25) Chapter 10(04:08:20) Chapter 11(04:43:10) Chapter 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mount Royal Volume I by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook. Genre: mysteryAt Mount Royal, an old manor perched above the Cornish coast near Boscastle, Christabel Courtenay has grown up sheltered, clever, and restlessly romantic under the watchful care of her aunt, Mrs. Tregonell. The household runs on memories: Mrs. Tregonell still cherishes the story of Captain Hamleigh, the widower she loved and lost, and she clings just as fiercely to her absent son Leonard, a charismatic heir whose wild youth and reckless temper have been forgiven again and again. When Mrs. Tregonell invites Captain Hamleigh's son, Angus Hamleigh, to visit, Christabel's quiet world tilts. Angus arrives not as a hearty country sportsman, but as an accomplished, world-weary man of the town, drawn to Mount Royal by sentiment and the faint hope of peace. Between Christabel's quickening curiosity, Jessie Bridgeman's sharp-eyed counsel, and Mrs. Tregonell's private determination to secure Christabel's future in the family, every conversation begins to feel like a test. In Volume I, Braddon threads romance with unease as old attachments, whispered reputations, and the pressure of duty gather around a young woman forced to decide what love should cost.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:35:38) Chapter 02(01:13:39) Chapter 03(01:48:03) Chapter 04(02:15:00) Chapter 05(02:31:15) Chapter 06(02:58:37) Chapter 07(03:29:59) Chapter 08(04:00:34) Chapter 09(04:25:43) Chapter 10(04:50:44) Chapter 11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dead Love Has Chains by Mary Elizabeth Braddon audiobook. Genre: mysteryWe see another facet of Mary Elizabeth Braddon's amazing talent in Dead Love Has Chains, written in her seventies. Focusing on character and human psychology rather than detection and crime, this is one of her most interesting novels.Pregnant and unmarried Irene Thelliston is sent home from India to live with her Aunt in Ireland. On her sea voyage she reveals her secret to Lady Mary Harling who swears to keep her confidence. Several years later to the horror of Lady Mary she becomes engaged to her son Conrad who has his own rather questionable past. Desperate to prevent this union, will Lady Mary break her oath?? When Irene's former lover returns threatening to come between her and Conrad, will their love prevail??????For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:22:21) Chapter 02(00:42:12) Chapter 03(01:18:49) Chapter 04(01:33:41) Chapter 05(02:04:17) Chapter 06(02:26:56) Chapter 07(02:55:43) Chapter 08(03:23:56) Chapter 09(03:53:39) Chapter 10(04:26:35) Chapter 11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices