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The Mary Elizabeth Braddon Library

The Mary Elizabeth Braddon Library

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 Hourly
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  • Aurora Floyd L'Envoi

    Aurora Floyd L'Envoi
    Jul 1 2026
    In which the dark domestic history, having run from youthful folly to murder and confession, is brought to its legal close, and the guilty servant pays the last penalty while Aurora and those who love her pass beyond the shadow of Mellish Park. Thereafter the old brilliance remains, but softened into wifehood and motherhood, as the heroine, once all fire, pride, and horseflesh, bends tenderly over her child and begins a quieter chapter of happiness.
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    5 mins
  • Aurora Floyd Chapter XXXIX

    Aurora Floyd Chapter XXXIX
    Jun 30 2026
    In which a sombre cloud of suspicion weighs heavily upon a Yorkshire household, provoking restless watchfulness and tender friendships strained by doubts and harsh gossip. The discovery of a fateful waistcoat and the brave intervention of a loyal friend culminate in a dramatic confrontation that begins to lift the shadows cast upon Aurora Floyd’s name.
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    37 mins
  • Aurora Floyd Chapter XXXVIII

    Aurora Floyd Chapter XXXVIII
    Jun 30 2026
    In which the astute Mr. Joseph Grimstone, armed with a blood-stained button and keen observation, sets about shadowing the elusive Stephen Hargraves—nicknamed the "Softy"—through the bustling streets and obscure taverns of Doncaster, scrutinising both his haunts and humble lodgings with dogged determination. Yet despite the detective’s meticulous efforts and his companion’s watchful eyes, the mysterious fugitive manages a cunning escape amidst the crowd on market-day, leaving Grimstone to ponder the chase that has just begun.
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    27 mins
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