Phantom Fortune, A Novel


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(4.4 stars; 58 reviews)

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. (20 hr 9 min)

Kapitel

Penelope 18:38 Gelesen von chocmuse
Ulysses 16:48 Gelesen von chocmuse
On the Wrong Road 25:32 Gelesen von Jothi Tharavant
The Last Stage 7:44 Gelesen von Lynne T
Forty Years After 46:22 Gelesen von Vipal Prem
Maulevrier's Humble Friend 16:46 Gelesen von chocmuse
In the Summer Morning 14:25 Gelesen von chocmuse
There is Always a Skeleton 22:18 Gelesen von Lynne T
A Cry in the Darkness 27:56 Gelesen von Vanessa Garcia
'O Bitterness of Things Too Sweet' 33:03 Gelesen von Catharine Birdwell
'If I Were to Do as Iseult Did' 12:18 Gelesen von Caroline Morales
'The Greater Cantle of the World is Lost' 14:40 Gelesen von Lynne T
'Since Painted or Not Painted All Things Shall Fade' 36:13 Gelesen von Lynne T
'Not Yet' 19:19 Gelesen von Lynne T
'Of All Men Else I Have Avoided Thee' 19:25 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
'Her Face Resigned to Bliss or Bale' 15:26 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
'And the Spring Comes Slowly Up this Way' 28:34 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
'And Come Agen, Be it Night or Day' 30:55 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
The Old Man on the Fell 16:40 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
Lady Maulevrier's Letter-Bag 17:39 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
On the Dark Brow of Helvellyn 33:26 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
Wiser than Lesbia 31:57 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
'A Young Lamb's Heart Among the Full-Grown Flocks' 27:39 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
'Now Nothing Left to Love or Hate' 46:37 Gelesen von Lynne T
Carte Blanche 54:59 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
'Proud Can I Never Be of What I Hate' 30:31 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
Lesbia Crosses Piccadilly 28:27 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
'Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, in Wild Disorder Seen' 31:46 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
'Swift, Subtle Post, Carrier of Grisly Care' 24:25 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
'Roses Choked Among the Thorns and Thistles' 34:00 Gelesen von Catharine Birdwell
'Kind is My Love To-day, To-morrow Kind' 24:16 Gelesen von Lynne T
Ways and Means 19:29 Gelesen von Jothi Tharavant
By Special Licence 45:32 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
'Our Love was New, and Then But in the Spring' 20:38 Gelesen von Lynne T
'All Fancy Pride, and Fickle Maidenhood' 23:38 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
A Rastaquouère 47:15 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
Lord Hatfield Refuses a Fortune 41:21 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
On Board the 'Cayman' 46:21 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
In Storm and Darkness 28:13 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
A Note of Alarm 12:23 Gelesen von Caroline Morales
Privileged Information 15:50 Gelesen von Mary Herndon Bell
'Shall It Be?' 9:38 Gelesen von Atang
'Alas, for Sorrow is All the End of This' 27:09 Gelesen von Lynne T
'Oh, Sad Kissed Mouth, How Sorrowful it Is!' 24:24 Gelesen von Lynne T
'That Fell Arrest Without All Bail' 15:00 Gelesen von Lynne T
The Day of Reckoning 24:23 Gelesen von Jothi Tharavant

Bewertungen


(1 stars)

sadly, the book does not play properly for me. only a part of many of the chapters are read, and then stop. I do hope this can be sorted because it was looking very hopeful!

Worked 4/7/16


(2 stars)

Technically, one chapter stopped on it's own. To get it to play again I went into contents, selected the chapter, then selected "listen". My rating is for the story. I haven't felt that Bradden was long winded in her stories until this one. I wanted to abandon this book twice! The Indian mystery didn't have me interested at all until the very end. Mostly the book was about Lesbia who had nothing to do with it. Lesbia is selfish & focused on money & status unlike her sister. I did like the twist between them along with the ending but they aren't worth drudging through the boring life of Lesbia.


(5 stars)

Great story, surprise ending. Most readers did well, except for one male reader near the end, who seemed to think he was in a speed-reading competition.

mostly well read


(3.5 stars)

mostly well read the except for a few readers toward the end

good story


(4 stars)

Readers do a good job. Some are really good narrators!


(3 stars)

I loved the story but the end was a slight anticlimax..


(1.5 stars)

Was very disappointed 😒guessed everything before it happened 🤣