
A FATAL SILENCE
A FATAL SILENCE.
CHAPTER I. PAULA IS MARRIED.
CHAPTER II. A TRIUMPHANT RETURN.
CHAPTER III. PAULA’S VISITORS.
CHAPTER IV. LADY BRISTOWE.
CHAPTER V. A MYSTERIOUS LOSS.
CHAPTER VI. THE WIDOW’S STRATAGEM.
CHAPTER VII. THE SCANDAL SPREADS.
CHAPTER VIII. A VALIANT PARTISAN.
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (232K characters)
Release date
2026-05-03
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1833–1899
A bestselling Victorian novelist, actress, and magazine editor, she wrote lively, dramatic fiction that explored marriage, work, scandal, and the hidden pressures of respectable society. Her career also took her into the world of spiritualism, a fascination that shaped some of her most unusual later books.
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