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The trail of the serpent — M. E. Braddon

The trail of the serpent

M. E. Braddon

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 409 pages

A Victorian sensation novel by M. E. Braddon. Its title points to mystery and pursuit, and the book offers suspenseful storytelling characteristic of the genre. It is worth listening to for its atmosphere and plot.

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Contents

  1. MISS BRADDON’S NOVELS
  2. THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT
  3. CONTENTS
  4. THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT
  5. Book the First.
  6. CHAPTER I. THE GOOD SCHOOLMASTER.
  7. CHAPTER II. GOOD FOR NOTHING.
  8. CHAPTER III. THE USHER WASHES HIS HANDS.
  9. CHAPTER IV. RICHARD MARWOOD LIGHTS HIS PIPE.
  10. CHAPTER V. THE HEALING WATERS.
  11. CHAPTER VI. TWO CORONER’S INQUESTS.
  12. CHAPTER VII. THE DUMB DETECTIVE A PHILANTHROPIST.
  13. CHAPTER VIII. SEVEN LETTERS ON THE DIRTY ALPHABET.
  14. CHAPTER IX. “MAD, GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY.”
  15. Book the Second.
  16. CHAPTER I. BLIND PETER.
  17. CHAPTER II. LIKE AND UNLIKE.
  18. CHAPTER III. A GOLDEN SECRET.
  19. CHAPTER IV. JIM LOOKS OVER THE BRINK OF THE TERRIBLE GULF.
  20. CHAPTER V. MIDNIGHT BY THE SLOPPERTON CLOCKS.
  21. CHAPTER VI. THE QUIET FIGURE ON THE HEATH.
  22. CHAPTER VII. THE USHER RESIGNS HIS SITUATION.
  23. Book the Third.
  24. CHAPTER I. THE VALUE OF AN OPERA-GLASS.
  25. CHAPTER II. WORKING IN THE DARK.
  26. CHAPTER III. THE WRONG FOOTSTEP.
  27. CHAPTER IV. OCULAR DEMONSTRATION.
  28. CHAPTER V. THE KING OF SPADES.
  29. CHAPTER VI. A GLASS OF WINE.
  30. CHAPTER VII. THE LAST ACT OF LUCRETIA BORGIA.

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