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The Wyvern Mystery

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
(1814 - 1873)

A classic with a pinch of romance, a pinch of gothic, and a dash of mystery, are you interested yet? When young Alice Maybell’ father dies she is taken in by Squire Fairfield, a widower with two handsome young sons, Charles and Harry. As Alice grows into a lovely young woman she attracts the attentions of more than one admirer, not all welcome. She marries the man she loves whilst fleeing the home she grew up in, but the blissful happiness that follows is short-lived. She finds herself pulled into the middle of the secrets of her husbands family’s past. No one is quite what they seem, and there are many twists along the way. What is this dark secret in her husband’s past? Who - or what - is the malignant presence that haunts Carwell Grange? Join us as we answer these troubling questions in ‘The Wyvern Mystery’

Read in English by Amy Magoster; John Brandon; Rachel Lintern; Kaely Monahan; Shasta; Lucy Park; Joan Windle; Sandra Cullum; Melissa Green; Dustin Thomas; Adrian Stephens

Run Time 15 Hours 12 Minutes in 14 Audio CDs
 Chapters:   
   Alice Maybell  
   The Vale of Carwell  
   The Grange  
   The Old Squire and Alice Maybell  
   The Terrace Garden  
   The Old Squire Unlike Himself  
   The Squires Eldest Son Comes Home  
   Never Did Run Smooth  
   in which the Squire Loses His Gold Headed Cane  
   The Drive Over Cressley Common by Moonlight  
   Home  
   The Omen of Carwell Grange  
   An Inspection of Carwell Grange  
   A Letter  
   Harry Arrives  
   A Party of Three  
   Mildred Tarnley’s Warning Story  
   The Brothers’ Walk  
   Coming In  
   Harry Appears at the Grange  
   Harry’s Beer and Conversation  
   The Trout  
   The Visitor  
   The Summons  
   Lilly Dogger is Sent to Bed  
   The Lady has her Tea  
   Through the House  
   The Bell Rings  
   Tom is Ordered Up  
   The Old Soldier Grows More Friendly and Frightens Mrs. Tarnley  
   News From Cressley Common  
   An Unlookedfor Return  
   Charles Fairfield Alone  
   Awake  
   Restless  
   Through the Wall  
   A Messenger  
   Unreasonable Bertha  
   An Abduction  
   Pursuit  
   DayTwilightDarkness  
   Hatherton  
   The Welcome  
   The Wykford Doctor  
   Speech Returns  
   Harry Drinks a Glass and Spills a Glass  
   Home to Wyvern  
   A Twilight Visit  
   The Heir of the Fairfields  
   Bertha Velderkaust  
   SergentMajor Archdale  
   A Talk With the Squire  
   Harry Fairfield Grows Uneasy  
   A Drive to Twyford  
   How Fares the Child?  
   The Old Squire Leaves Wyvern  
   Marjory Trevellian  
   The Enchanted Garden  
   An Old Friend  
   Tom Orange  
   The Hour and the Man  
   The March to Noulton Farm  
   A Silent Farewell  
   The March by Night  
   Conclusion 

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