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Beyond These Voices

Author
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
11 hours 40 minutes
ISBN
9781802569865
Published
30 December 2025
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • Victorian fiction
  • class conflict
  • romantic passion
  • social ambition
  • mother daughter relationship
  • poverty and pride
  • forbidden love
  • moral struggle
  • family expectations
  • emotional drama

Description

Lady Felicia Disbrowe hopes daughter Cara will marry for security, but Cara loves penniless poet Lancelot Davis, setting passion against duty and class. Braddon's story of love, family loyalty, and the cost of choosing the heart. Spoken as when a mother's ambition still collides with a daughter's honest love.

Author

Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915) was a prominent English novelist and playwright best known for her Victorian sensation fiction. Rising from modest beginnings, she gained fame with Lady Audley’s Secret, which cemented her reputation for blending mystery, psychology, and social critique. Prolific and influential, Braddon wrote more than 80 novels and helped shape popular Victorian literature.

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