Eleanors Victory, Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Eleanors Victory, Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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Eleanor's Victory

Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Narrator: Eloise Fairfax

Unabridged: 17 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/30/2025


Synopsis

Eleanor’s Victory is a Victorian novel of family bonds, ambition, and moral endurance. Young Eleanor Vane reunites with her estranged father, George Mowbray Vane, whose troubled past and financial decline cast long shadows over their hopes. As Eleanor’s innocence and devotion confront the consequences of past mistakes, she must navigate loyalty, sacrifice, and social expectation. Braddon traces Eleanor’s journey toward strength, reconciliation, and a hard-earned triumph over adversity.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Miriam on September 05, 2020

Mi sono imbattuta in Mary Elizabeth Braddon quasi per caso, essendo diventata una vorace lettrice di "sensation novels", delle quali la scrittrice inglese era una esponente di spicco assieme a Wilkie Collins e a Ellen Wood. Avevo già letto "Il segreto di lady Audley" in italiano (l'unico suo romanzo......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn on August 23, 2015

An interesting book, set in a much seedier world than we normally see in these Victorian novels. Eleanor's quest for revenge for her father's death makes a refreshing change to the usual 'quest for a husband' plot. Of course, she does sort of accidentally acquire quite a nice husband along the way,......more

Goodreads review by Mbuye on December 17, 2023

A fifteen-year old, headstrong and very foolish child takes a vow to avenge her reprobate father's suicide. It is a childish vow taken without understanding all its implications, but in its single-mindedness it hardens her heart to all tender, kindlier emotions, and renders her insensitive even to e......more

Goodreads review by Julia on February 08, 2018

Eleanor, a beautiful and motherless young teenager, the only child of her spendthrift father’s second marriage, is obsessed with trying to find the man who cheated him out of a large sum of money, leading to his suicide. Her half-siblings help her grudgingly and sparingly, because of their bitternes......more

Goodreads review by Elaine on April 21, 2021

The book discription is not for Eleanors victory Eleanors victory is about a young girl who seeks revenge above everything to avenge the person or persons who wronged her father and whom committed suicide because of it An excellent ME Braddon novel and I listened to this on LibriVox with a most excell......more