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Charlotte's Inheritance

Author
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
14 hours 32 minutes
ISBN
9781802569957
Published
30 December 2025
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • Victorian fiction
  • inheritance
  • social ambition
  • love versus duty
  • class conflict
  • hidden past
  • moral dilemma
  • romantic tension
  • personal sacrifice
  • societal expectations

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Description

Charlotte Halliday stands between a great inheritance and her stepfather Philip Sheldon, whose quiet poisoning scheme Valentine Hawkehurst must expose in time. Spoken as when a respectable household still hides the hand that means to kill for money.

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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