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The Florence Marryat Library

The Florence Marryat Library

By: Florence Marryat
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Enter a world of secrets, passions, strange visitations, unhappy marriages, daring women, and lives lived just beyond the boundaries of respectability.

The Florence Marryat Library presents the works of Florence Marryat in full, inviting a new generation of listeners into the vivid and often unsettling imagination of one of the Victorian era’s most fascinating novelists. Here are tales of love and jealousy, disguise and scandal, restless spirits and forbidden desires. Stories in which nothing is ever quite so respectable, or so easily explained, as it first appears.

Draw the curtains, settle by the fire, and listen closely. There are some stories which refuse to remain silent.Public domain
Episodes
  • The Blood of the Vampire Chapter V

    The Blood of the Vampire Chapter V
    12 Oct 2026
    In which Harriet Brandt’s newfound confidence and surprising musical talent begin to captivate the guests at the seaside hotel, stirring varied opinions among her acquaintances. Meanwhile, Captain Ralph Pullen’s arrival introduces a fresh dynamic to the social scene, marked by genteel flirtations and the curious attentions of Madame Gobelli and others.
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    38 min
  • The Blood of the Vampire Chapter IV

    The Blood of the Vampire Chapter IV
    5 Oct 2026
    In which the volatile and cunning Baroness Gobelli sets her sights on young Harriet Brandt, seeking to draw her into her sphere and away from Mrs. Pullen's household with promises of high society and advantageous matches. Their encounter, marked by the Baroness’s coarse charm and Harriet’s innocent yearning, hints at the stirring ambitions and social intrigues that quietly ripple beneath the surface of Heyst’s genteel façade.
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    23 min
  • The Blood of the Vampire Chapter III

    The Blood of the Vampire Chapter III
    28 Sep 2026
    In which a radiant August morning unfolds on the golden sands of Heyst, where society’s diversions and peculiarities are gently observed amidst the colourful bathing-machines and the antics of beachgoers. The characters, from the imperious Baroness and her wayward son to the contemplative Mrs. Pullen and her intrigued companions, interweave moments of humour, tenderness, and subtle tension beneath the balmy sea air.
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    31 min
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