Vixen, Volume III.

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Vixen, Volume III.

by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

EN·~5 hours·12 chapters

Chapters

12 total
1

CHAPTER I. - Going into Exile.

1:22:49
2

CHAPTER II. - Chiefly Financial.

25:16
3

CHAPTER III. - "With weary Days thou shalt be clothed and fed."

14:53
4

CHAPTER IV. - Love and AEsthetics.

27:22
5

CHAPTER V. - Crumpled Rose-Leaves.

7:07
6

CHAPTER VI. - A Fool's Paradise.

13:52
7

CHAPTER VII. - "It might have been."

28:06
8

CHAPTER VIII. - Wedding Bells.

28:26
9

CHAPTER IX. - The nearest Way to Norway.

1:04:46
10

CHAPTER X. - "All the Rivers run into the Sea."

12:28

Description

In the quiet chill of an English manor, a young woman named Vixen awakens to a night‑long storm of thoughts and decides that exile is the only path to peace. The story opens with her wandering the mist‑laden gardens of Abbey House, saying farewell to the roses and rhododendrons that have watched her turmoil unfold. Her resolve is as fragile as the morning tea she sips, yet steeled by the knowledge that staying would only deepen the rifts around her.

Back inside, Vixen confronts the cold formality of her stepfather, Captain Winstanley, and the strained messages from a mother too ill to speak. The house is a maze of memories, each room echoing with unspoken grievances and lingering hopes. As she prepares to leave, the narrative captures the bittersweet mixture of relief and sorrow that comes with stepping away from a life that has become both familiar and suffocating.

Through vivid descriptions of the estate’s gardens and the tense domestic scenes, the novel invites listeners to feel Vixen’s yearning for freedom while hinting at the uncertain road that lies ahead.

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Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (317K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Daniel Fromont. HTML version by Al Haines.

Release date

2008-08-09

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

1835–1915

Best known for the wildly popular Victorian thriller Lady Audley’s Secret, she helped define sensation fiction with stories full of mystery, scandal, and sharp social observation. Her books were page-turners in their own time and still offer a vivid glimpse of nineteenth-century reading at its most entertaining.

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