Charlotte's Inheritance

Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835 - 1915)

A lesser known novel by the sensational English novelist, Charlotte's Inheritance opens in Paris in a dilapidated boarding house let to students by a scarcely adequate landlady. Enter Gustave, a young provincial, arriving in Paris supposedly to study law, but in reality as the proposed husband of the dour and unattractive daughter of his sponsor. Unable to tolerate the life arranged for him, Gustave quits the boarding house but recommends it to a mysterious young English widow who approaches him for assistance. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Genre(s): Published 1800 -1900

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Book The First Chapter 1 Lenoble of Beaubocage Lynne T
00:37:25
Play 02 Book The First Chapter 2 In this Wide World I Stand Alone Lynne T
00:19:54
Play 03 Book The First Chapter 3 Past Hope, and in Despair Lynne T
00:47:20
Play 04 Book The First Chapter 4 A Decree of Banishment Rosalind Walsh
00:09:10
Play 05 Book The Second Chapter 1 The Fate of Susan Lenoble Rosalind Walsh
00:13:23
Play 06 Book The Second Chapter 2 Forgiven Too Late Lynne T
00:16:49
Play 07 Book The Second Chapter 3 Gustave The Second Rosalind Walsh
00:11:26
Play 08 Book The Third Chapter 1 Chiefly Retrospective Rosalind Walsh
00:12:42
Play 09 Book The Third Chapter 2 Epistolary Jim Locke
00:25:44
Play 10 Book The Third Chapter 3 Too Clever for a Catspaw Jim Locke
00:10:33
Play 11 Book The Third Chapter 4 Captain Paget is Paternal Jim Locke
00:15:11
Play 12 Book The Third Chapter 5 The Captain's Coadjutor Jim Locke
00:20:26
Play 13 Book The Fourth Chapter 1 Halcyon Days Kalynda
00:12:20
Play 14 Book The Fourth Chapter 2 Captain Paget Awakens to a Sense of His Duty Lynne T
00:28:11
Play 15 Book The Fourth Chapter 3 What do we Here, my Heart and I? Lynne T
00:29:59
Play 16 Book The Fourth Chapter 4 Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth Lynne T
00:43:06
Play 17 Book The Fifth Chapter 1 Taken by Storm Celine Major
00:29:32
Play 18 Book The Fifth Chapter 2 Firm as a Book Jim Locke
00:18:55
Play 19 Book The Fifth Chapter 3 Against Wind and Tide Jim Locke
00:18:15
Play 20 Book The Fifth Chapter 4 Diana Asks for a Holiday Jim Locke
00:08:36
Play 21 Book The Fifth Chapter 5 Assurance Doubly Sure Jim Locke
00:16:23
Play 22 Book The Sixth At Cotenoir Jim Locke
00:25:40
Play 23 Book The Seventh Chapter 1 The Beginning of Sorrow Jim Locke
00:29:13
Play 24 Book The Seventh Chapter 2 Fading Jim Locke
00:16:11
Play 25 Book The Seventh Chapter 3 Mrs. Woolper is Anxious Jim Locke
00:19:41
Play 26 Book The Seventh Chapter 4 Valentine's Skeleton Jim Locke
00:18:53
Play 27 Book The Seventh Chapter 5 At Harold's Hill Jim Locke
00:27:43
Play 28 Book The Seventh Chapter 6 Desperate Measures Celine Major
00:23:14
Play 29 Book The Eighth Chapter 1 A Dread Revelation Celine Major
00:48:55
Play 30 Book The Eighth Chapter 2 Phoenicians are Rising Celine Major
00:11:00
Play 31 Book The Eighth Chapter 3 The Sortes Virgilianae Celine Major
00:25:56
Play 32 Book The Ninth Chapter 1 Something Too Much Jim Locke
00:13:08
Play 33 Book The Ninth Chapter 2 Dr. Jedd's Opinion Jim Locke
00:18:05
Play 34 Book The Ninth Chapter 3 Non Dormit Judas Jim Locke
00:19:42
Play 35 Book The Ninth Chapter 4 Counting the Cost Jim Locke
00:12:19
Play 36 Book The Ninth Chapter 5 The Beginning of the End Jim Locke
00:13:45
Play 37 Book The Ninth Chapter 6 Confusion Worse Confounded Jim Locke
00:13:20
Play 38 Book The Ninth Chapter 7 There is a Word Will Priam Turn to Stone Jim Locke
00:21:59
Play 39 Book The Tenth Chapter 1 Out of the Dark Valley Jim Locke
00:15:16
Play 40 Book The Tenth Chapter 2 After the Wedding Jim Locke
00:13:33
Play 41 Book The Tenth Chapter 3 Greek Against Greek Jim Locke
00:10:17
Play 42 Book The Tenth Chapter 4 Only a Dream Celine Major
00:36:22
Play 43 Book The Tenth Chapter 5 Bohemian Independence Celine Major
00:07:23
Play 44 Book The Tenth Chapter 6 Beyond the Veil Celine Major
00:06:13
Play 45 Book The Tenth Chapter 7 Better than Gold Celine Major
00:21:37
Play 46 Book The Tenth Chapter 8 Lost Sight Of Celine Major
00:12:52
Play 47 Book The Tenth Chapter 9 Eteocles and Polynices Celine Major
00:27:31
Play 48 Book The Tenth Chapter 10 'According to their Deeds' Celine Major
00:14:03