Lady Maclairn, the victim of villany : A novel, volume 4 (of 4)

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Lady Maclairn, the victim of villany : A novel, volume 4 (of 4)

by Mrs. (Rachel) Hunter

EN·~4 hours·15 chapters

Chapters

15 total
1

LADY MACLAIRN, THE VICTIM OF VILLANY. A NOVEL. IN FOUR VOLUMES.

0:41
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CHAP. I.

13:01
3

CHAP. II.

15:17
4

CHAP. III.

17:51
5

CHAP. IV.

28:17
6

CHAP. V.

25:34
7

CHAP. VI.

20:24
8

CHAP. VII.

19:46
9

CHAP. VIII.

20:00
10

CHAP. IX.

12:54

Description

A young woman finds her quiet world upended when a stranger arrives with a sealed parcel, claiming to have been the last confidant of a tragic traveler who died far from home. Inside are a portrait, intimate letters, and a cryptic warning that the departed’s final wish is to protect her from hidden dangers. As she pores over the missives, she discovers a tangled web of debts, distant estates, and a mysterious benefactor whose name surfaces only in hushed whispers.

The story unfolds through a series of poignant exchanges, drawing the reader into a Victorian‑era mystery where loyalty, love, and betrayal intersect on the fog‑laden banks of the Thames. Each revelation deepens the sense that the young lady stands at the threshold of a secret that could reshape her future, while the shadows of the past linger just beyond her reach. Listeners are invited to share her suspense, compassion, and the delicate hope that truth may finally emerge.

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Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (268K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

London: W. Earle and J. W. Hucklebridge, 1806.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, Mary Glenn Krause, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2023-09-17

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Mrs. (Rachel) Hunter

1754–1813

An early 19th-century English novelist, she wrote moral tales and domestic fiction shaped by hard experience, including years spent in Lisbon and later life in Norwich. Her books sit in the same broad literary world as Jane Austen’s, but with a strong didactic streak of their own.

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