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Lady Audley's Secret
- Narrated by: Kim Hicks
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
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Summary
Lady Audley is universally adored: Beautiful, kind, and charming, she enamors all whom she meets. It is not until the strange disappearance of widower George Talboys that her behavior takes an odd turn. George's friend, Robert Audley, Lady Audley's nephew-in-law, is on the case; an upper-class layabout turned detective, he is determined to get to the bottom of things.
Mystery, mayhem, madness, and despair: Lady Audley's Secret is the gripping and suspenseful novel that has been branded "the most sensationally successful of all the sensation novels" (John Sutherland) and rivals some of Wilkie Collins' best books, such as The Moonstone and The Woman in White. Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Dickens, and Henry James all admitted to reading Braddon's work with great enjoyment; Alfred Lord Tennyson professed to have read everything she ever wrote.
Kim Hicks gives an absorbing reading, full of charm and insight.
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-01-19
A beautifully written intricate story
I read The Christmas Hirelings by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, which was a free book from Audible and enjoyed it so much, I purchased this book. I thoroughly enjoyed the classic writing and the involved story kept me gripped.
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- Cara
- 24-12-17
Yes, she is something of an enigma!
I absolutely loved this book! My interest was held consistently and I didn't want it to end. Such an interesting story - twisting and turning in unexpected directions. Deeply satisfying!
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- David Carr
- 30-03-19
Captivating
Brilliantly read story which was captivating from beginning to end. Author shows good use of English, and doesn’t talk down to her readers. It shows how much beauty our language has lost over the last hundred years. - not forgetting that the story and plotting is first rate. No wonder that it was a best-seller..
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- Meldorf
- 26-10-20
Excellent story
Lots of twists and turns in this pseudo-detective story in the same genre as Wilkie Collins. This is had me hooked from the beginning. The only drawback was the narration. Whilst it was good the attempt at accents was painful to hear - particularly since the book was set mainly outside of London. At one point a boy from near the Customs House in Liverpool is speaking. His accent is that awful Liverpudlian that seems to have been passed from drama student to drama student, Chinese whisper manner, without reference back to its source. It's garbled nonsense. At the time this book was set a boy near the docks would have had a local Lancashire, Irish, Welsh Swedish, German or even Chinese accent not a hybrid. The city was the largest port city in the world and had grown extremely fast - very much like New York for example. If, for simplicity, you want to do a modern Liverpool accent, please come to the city and choose from the still varied number of them. Even the North Wales accent would be closer than this.
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- Esther Wright
- 26-10-21
Fantastic story and narration
Initially I wasn’t certain I wanted to hear a 19th century novel, not being certain that I had the focus to keep up with the literary style in which it would be written. However, the tale itself is gripping and the narration excellent. I now have a taste for this style of novel!
Thank you Audible!
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-04-19
A story and narration one never wants to end.
The second novel by Elizabeth Braddon which I have read. I eagerly await listening to the next.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-02-17
A very compelling story.
I grew to love the story and the style of writing. It was very well read. I will find another audio book by Mary Elizabeth Braddon.
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- Sadi
- 12-09-19
UTTERLY BREATHTAKING
An absolutely gorgeous story that kept me interested and entertained. Would defo recommend. A gorgeous performance and a brilliant plot. Top class.
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- Miss H Greenham
- 21-01-19
Bravo
What a performance, it’s simply outstanding! Well done Kim Hicks for really delving so deeply into your talent and portraying this brilliant book with such thoughtful attention to detail.
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- Jill Goodman
- 18-11-22
An undiscovered classic.
This was an intriguing mystery story along the lines of Wilkie Collins by an author I haven’t read before. A bit long on descriptions and moralising for modern audiences but this was enlivened by wry little comments. Such as the descriptions of the noise a metal bed makes when the sleeper turns over, I’ve slept on one in the past and the description was spot on. The narrator did the story justice.
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