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  • The Improbable Adventures of Miss Emily Soldene

  • Actress, Writer and Rebel Victorian
  • By: Helen Batten
  • Narrated by: Jilly Bond
  • Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins

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By: Helen Batten
Narrated by: Jilly Bond
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Summary

Emily Soldene's life spanned the entire Victorian era. As both leading lady and a formidable impresario with her own opera company, she was a darling of London’s music halls and theatre land, later reinventing herself as a journalist and writer.

From humble working-class beginnings, Emily's fiery ambition would see her counting the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and Charles Dickens as friends and mingling with the Rothschilds, Oscar Wilde and aristocrats. She even alleged that she had a close encounter with Jack the Ripper. From taking Broadway by storm and touring the Australian outback, Batten vividly recreates the era and a riotous life that has faded from the limelight.

©2021 Helen Batten (P)2021 Soundings

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