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Jezebel’s Daughter
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
Set in the financial centres of 1820s Frankfurt and London, Jezebel’s Daughter (1880) tells the story of two widows: Madame Fontaine, who will go to any lengths to secure her daughter’s marriage, and Mrs Wagner, who devotes herself to her late husband’s social reforms. In pursuit of her endeavours, Mrs Wagner befriends Jack Straw, a former inmate of Bedlam, who plays a pivotal role as the action, full of plotting and counterplotting, unfolds, culminating in the morgue, where several lives hang in the balance.
Jezebel’s Daughter, serialised from 1879 to 80, is a prime example of Collins’s sensation novels, and was based on his play The Red Vial. As seen often in Collins, the depiction of strong and ‘active’ women defies the convention of his time, and the plotline is gripping and full of suspense.
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- F Milner
- 05-08-23
Another fantastic twisting story from Wilkie Collins
In typical Wilkie Collins style, the story twists & turns right till the last minute.
Nicholas Boulton reads in his usual excellent style…..only one criticism, ‘hotel’ has an ‘h’ at the start of it!
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- amanda ferronato jones
- 09-05-23
great
nothing quite like a Wilkie Collins to get the mystery going and tie up all the ends so perfectly. the typical almost over descriptions of certain otherwise small details (ie the history of the dead house) were perfect.
loved every minute if this.
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- ladyartist
- 12-04-23
Excellent story
Very much enjoyed this book and narrator was very good, would highly recommend. A real period drama.
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