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The Trail of the Serpent

M. E. Braddon

Novelsabout 16 h 15 min of listening

In the town of Slopperton-on-the-Sloshy, the fate of Richard Marwood and Jabez North intertwine in a story of crime, intrigue, and redemption.

Contents

  1. Imprint
  2. Book I: A Respectable Young Man
  3. I: The Good Schoolmaster
  4. II: Good for Nothing
  5. III: The Usher Washes His Hands
  6. IV: Richard Marwood Lights His Pipe
  7. V: The Healing Waters
  8. VI: Two Coroner’s Inquests
  9. VII: The Dumb Detective a Philanthropist
  10. VIII: Seven Letters on the Dirty Alphabet
  11. IX: “Mad, Gentlemen of the Jury”
  12. Book II: A Clearance of All Scores
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  1. I: Blind Peter
  2. II: Like and Unlike
  3. III: A Golden Secret
  4. IV: Jim Looks Over the Brink of the Terrible Gulf
  5. V: Midnight by the Slopperton Clocks
  6. VI: The Quiet Figure on the Heath
  7. VII: The Usher Resigns His Situation
  8. Book III: Holy Institution
  9. I: The Value of an Opera-Glass
  10. II: Working in the Dark
  11. III: The Wrong Footstep
  12. IV: Ocular Demonstration
  13. V: The King of Spades
  14. VI: A Glass of Wine
  15. VII: The Last Act of Lucretia Borgia
  16. VIII: Bad Dreams and a Worse Waking
  17. IX: A Marriage in High Life
  18. X: Animal Magnetism
  19. Book IV: Napoleon the Great
  20. I: The Boy from Slopperton
  21. II: Mr. Augustus Darley and Mr. Joseph Peters Go Out Fishing
  22. III: The Emperor Bids Adieu to Elba
  23. IV: Joy and Happiness for Everybody
  24. V: The Cherokees Take an Oath
  25. VI: Mr. Peters Relates How He Thought He Had a Clue, and How He Lost It
  26. Book V: The Dumb Detective
  27. I: The Count de Marolles at Home
  28. II: Mr. Peters Sees a Ghost
  29. III: The Cherokees Mark Their Man
  30. IV: The Captain, the Chemist, and the Lascar
  31. V: The New Milkman in Park Lane
  32. VI: Signor Mosquetti Relates an Adventure
  33. VII: The Golden Secret Is Told, and the Golden Bowl Is Broken
  34. VIII: One Step Further on the Right Track
  35. IX: Captain Lansdown Overhears a Conversation Which Appears to Interest Him
  36. Book VI: On the Track
  37. I: Father and Son
  38. II: Raymond de Marolles Shows Himself Better Than All Bow Street
  39. III: The Left-Handed Smasher Makes His Mark
  40. IV: What They Find in the Room in Which the Murder Was Committed
  41. V: Mr. Peters Decides on a Strange Step, and Arrests the Dead
  42. VI: The End of the Dark Road
  43. VII: Farewell to England
  44. Colophon
  45. Uncopyright

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