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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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Opening of the book

MISS BRADDON’S NOVELS
AUTHOR’S AUTOGRAPH EDITION
Cloth Gilt 2s. 6d. Picture Boards 2s.
1. LADY AUDLEY’S SECRET.
29. HOSTAGES TO
FORTUNE.
2. HENRY DUNBAR.
30. DEAD MEN’S SHOES.
3. ELEANOR’S VICTORY.
31. JOSHUA HAGGARD.
4. AURORA FLOYD.
32. WEAVERS AND WEFT.
5. JOHN MARCHMONT’S
LEGACY.
33. AN OPEN VERDICT.
6. THE DOCTOR’S WIFE.
34. VIXEN.
7. ONLY A CLOD.
35. THE CLOVEN FOOT.
8. SIR JASPER’S TENANT.
36. THE STORY OF
BARBARA.
9. TRAIL OF THE SERPENT.
37. JUST AS I AM.
10. LADY’S MILE.
38. ASPHODEL.
11. LADY LISLE.
39. MOUNT ROYAL.
12. CAPTAIN OF THE VULTURE.
40. THE GOLDEN CALF.
13. BIRDS OF PREY.
41. PHANTOM FORTUNE.
14. CHARLOTTE’S INHERITANCE.
42. FLOWER AND WEED.
15. RUPERT GODWIN.
43. ISHMAEL.
16. RUN TO EARTH.
44. WYLLARD’S WEIRD.
17. DEAD SEA FRUIT.
45. UNDER THE RED FLAG.
18. RALPH THE BAILIFF.
46. ONE THING NEEDFUL.

19. FENTON’S QUEST.
47. MOHAWKS.
20. LOVELS OF ARDEN.
48. LIKE AND UNLIKE.
21. ROBERT AINSLEIGH.
49. THE FATAL THREE.
22. TO THE BITTER END.
50. THE DAY WILL COME.
23. MILLY DARRELL.
51. ONE LIFE, ONE LOVE.
24. STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS.
52. GERARD.
25. LUCIUS DAVOREN.
53. THE VENETIANS.
26. TAKEN AT THE FLOOD.
54. ALL ALONG THE RIVER.
27. LOST FOR LOVE.
55. THOU ART THE MAN.
28. A STRANGE WORLD.
56. SONS OF FIRE.

Title page

THE
TRAIL OF THE SERPENT
A Novel
BY THE AUTHOR OF
‘LADY AUDLEY’S SECRET,’ ‘AURORA FLOYD,’ ‘VIXEN,’ ‘ISHMAEL,’
ETC., ETC.
“Poor race of men, said the pitying Spirit,
Dearly ye pay for your primal fall;
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the Serpent is over them all”
Moore.
Stereotyped Edition
LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO. LIMITED.
STATIONERS’ HALL COURT
[All rights reserved.]

The World.
LONDON:
SIMPKIN & CO., LIMITED,
STATIONERS’ HALL COURT.
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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.

and 29 more chapters

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