A Fair Mystery
Charlotte M. Brame and Charlotte M Brame
Leído por LibriVox Volunteers
(Written by Charlotte M. Brame under the pen name Bertha M. Clay.)
Honest Mark Brace is about to lose his farm, land of his ancestors, home to his wife, Patty, and small daughter, Mattie, when out of a dark and stormy night comes the answer to his prayers. A tiny babe, tender and fair, left on their doorstep with a note asking Mark and Patty to bring the child up as their own, to raise it to be good, like themselves, and to accept for their troubles a hundred pounds a year.
The farm is saved, and all is peaceful for a while as the beautiful baby, Doris, grows into an even more beautiful child. But as she grows, so too grows her awareness of her own loveliness, of her difference from the humble farmers who raise her. Doris hungers for luxury, jewels and velvet, bright fetes and ardent admirers. Confident that her ethereal beauty and native wit will bring her everything she deserves, she focuses her energies on obtaining these things and sets in motion a chain of events that will break hearts, rip at the mystery surrounding her birth, and culminate in the greatest tragedy of them all.
A story of love in many forms, A Fair Mystery is part romance, part tragedy, and part social commentary, one which asks us to pause a moment and reflect on what it is that is truly worth having in this life. (Summary by Elanor Sakamoto) (19 hr 11 min)
Capítulos
| A Voice and a Face in the Night. | 11:29 | Leído por Lynne T |
| A Fairy Changeling. | 11:30 | Leído por Lynne T |
| A Daughter of Patricians. | 10:43 | Leído por Arie |
| The Marble Psyche. | 7:22 | Leído por Arie |
| 'I want to be just like you.' | 7:55 | Leído por Lynne T |
| Faithless and Debonair. | 7:21 | Leído por Lynne T |
| All, All is Vanity. | 10:38 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| The Young Coquette. | 14:00 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| Poet and Gentleman. | 10:42 | Leído por Elanor Sakamoto |
| A Wasted Warning. | 10:17 | Leído por Elanor Sakamoto |
| The Foster-Sisters. | 9:35 | Leído por Elanor Sakamoto |
| Beauty Becomes Immortal. | 12:31 | Leído por Sandra Estenson |
| 'Faithless and debonair.' | 11:07 | Leído por Sandra Estenson |
| 'I will be true--forever.' | 12:04 | Leído por Sandra Estenson |
| A Betrothal Day. | 11:36 | Leído por Sandra Estenson |
| A Shining Memory. | 11:15 | Leído por Sandra Estenson |
| A Woman Averse to Marriage. | 14:39 | Leído por Sandra Estenson |
| A Prospective Pleasure for Doris. | 14:20 | Leído por Sandra Estenson |
| 'They tell me, child, that you are really promised in marriage.' | 16:19 | Leído por Sandra Estenson |
| Her Eyes Invited Him. | 17:08 | Leído por Sandra Estenson |
| 'I shall never be a model woman.' | 11:31 | Leído por SamR |
| The Coquette and the Man of the World. | 10:28 | Leído por SamR |
| An Impassioned Wooing. | 11:53 | Leído por SamR |
| The False Lips of Woman. | 11:08 | Leído por SamR |
| The Last Happy Day of His Life. | 11:03 | Leído por SamR |
| How She was Tempted. | 10:20 | Leído por Petra |
| A Woman Resolved. | 12:12 | Leído por Petra |
| The Flight at Midnight. | 11:30 | Leído por Lynne T |
| A Thorn in the Garden of Roses. | 10:30 | Leído por SamR |
| 'I could sooner plunge a dagger in his heart.' | 11:00 | Leído por SamR |
| 'I am a man, and I will have justice.' | 11:11 | Leído por SamR |
| There is no True Love Except the Love of a Mother. | 10:30 | Leído por SamR |
| 'After so many years of dread has it come at last?' | 9:49 | Leído por SamR |
| 'I must tell you my secret.' | 11:42 | Leído por SamR |
| Lady Estelle's Story. | 11:12 | Leído por SamR |
| 'He made me believe that I was the whole world to him!' | 11:45 | Leído por SamR |
| The Punishment of Folly. | 11:14 | Leído por SamR |
| A Mother's Confession. | 11:35 | Leído por SamR |
| A Clew at Last. | 11:36 | Leído por SamR |
| 'I claim you as my own; I will never release you!' | 11:33 | Leído por SamR |
| 'This is your revenge--to humiliate me.' | 14:42 | Leído por Marsha Payne |
| The Coquette's Blandishments. | 13:28 | Leído por Marsha Payne |
| The Nobleman's Oath. | 13:36 | Leído por Marsha Payne |
| An Appeal for Forgiveness. | 14:10 | Leído por Marsha Payne |
| A Thunderbolt in a Ducal Palace. | 14:58 | Leído por Marsha Payne |
| The Duke's Plan. | 15:05 | Leído por Marsha Payne |
| An Important Letter. | 14:40 | Leído por Marsha Payne |
| 'Welcome, my daughter, to your father's heart.' | 14:09 | Leído por Marsha Payne |
| 'Only one other person knows my secret.' | 14:18 | Leído por Marsha Payne |
| A Nobleman's Generosity. | 13:39 | Leído por Marsha Payne |
| 'Be kind to her, as though you were her own child.' | 15:55 | Leído por Marsha Payne |
| A Young Lady Pleasantly Occupied. | 14:50 | Leído por Marsha Payne |
| 'I must bear it for his sake.' | 14:29 | Leído por Marsha Payne |
| 'My queen rose of the rosebuds.' | 17:31 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| 'When she was young, perhaps she loved some one like me.' | 16:35 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| The Yearnings of a Mother's Heart. | 16:43 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| Before the Queen. | 17:27 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| The New Beauty Discussed. | 17:22 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| Doris Affects a Little Curiosity. | 14:55 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| 'I might have been so happy, but for this!' | 15:28 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| 'I have seen some one like her.' | 15:45 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| Lord Vivianne Perplexed. | 16:03 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| A Terrible Trial. | 14:07 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| 'If she refuses, let her beware!' | 19:17 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| A Little Artifice. | 15:02 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| A Quiet Wedding Advocated. | 16:41 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| A Clew at Last. | 16:26 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| Lord Vivianne Proposes a Little Discussion. | 15:09 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| The Price of a Secret. | 16:09 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| The Coward's Threat. | 16:14 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| The Earl Reluctantly Assents. | 15:46 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| The Countess Becomes Curious. | 17:20 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| A Last Vain Appeal. | 16:46 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| 'Heaven save Earle!' | 15:30 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| 'I shall wake up and find it a dream.' | 17:08 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| Trying on the Wedding-Dress. | 15:10 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| A Midnight Visitor. | 16:06 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| Why He Suspected. | 16:37 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| What Happened After Midnight. | 17:28 | Leído por Gabriela Cowan |
| The Silent Bride. | 12:30 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
| How the News was Told. | 13:10 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
| The Captain Asks Strange Questions. | 12:58 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
| A Mother's Anguish. | 12:21 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
| A Surprise for Lord Linleigh. | 12:53 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
| Haunted by a Dead Face. | 13:54 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
| Silent Love Rewarded. | 4:58 | Leído por Mike Pelton |
Reseñas
A Fair Tragedy
Lori K
The summary is dead on. You'll have Earle in your heart from start to finish while having conflicting feelings about Doris. While I like the overall story, some parts were too drawn out. Doris & Lord Vivianne meet twice & discuss an ultimatum. So why at the 3rd meeting does Doris ask what he wants & why does he go into detail about it & about their past yet again? Why make us suffer through this? There were a couple of offbeat moves as well. When Lord Linleigh offers to not have Lord Vivianne visit anymore Doris doesn't encourage this. Going by Doris' character & her feelings for Vivianne she'd naturally go for this but doesn't in the story. Lastly, the exact manner of a character's story ending seems very hard to believe. It actually is silly to me. Still, if you're willing to devote a large chunk of time to 1 story then give this a listen. If it were cut down I'd definitely have given it a higher rating. Oh, & Gabby will be difficult to understand unless you're not distracted & are in a quiet room/area.