The Mystery of Mrs. Blencarrow

Margaret O. Oliphant (1828 - 1897)

The location is the English Lake District and the characters very ordinary people. Mrs. Blencarrow is a widow with five children and control of her late husband's small estate. She is eminently respectable and is involved with the usual round of tea and dinner parties as expected in a quiet town. She is unremarkable, apart from her disdain for scandal, or even gossip of any kind. Imagine the surprise when a stranger describes her as "a woman with a history"? That can only mean a disreputable past or even a scandal, but as she has lived in the community for 18 years, without a hint, what could it possibly be?

Genre(s): Published 1800 -1900

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Blencarrow Household Vineymala
00:17:45
Play 02 'Is It You?' Nancy Gorgen
00:14:09
Play 03 An Elopement Nancy Gorgen
00:15:25
Play 04 A Discovery Nancy Gorgen
00:16:33
Play 05 'Are We Quite Alone?' Nancy Gorgen
00:14:14
Play 06 Is It True?' Nancy Gorgen
00:18:55
Play 07 A Night of Misery Christine Rottger
00:15:56
Play 08 Mrs. Blencarrow's Confession Tim Quinn
00:17:21
Play 09 'I Am her Husband' TheAwesome1568
00:15:11
Play 10 'He Has Gone -- Forever!' Brent T. Nasworthy
00:13:13