Eleanor's Victory

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

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

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

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

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