The Law and the Lady: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Law and the Lady, credited to Wilkie Collins, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins. Read by Wiebke Valeria Brinton marries Eustace Woodville despite objections from Woodville's family leading to disquiet for Valeria's own family and friends. Just a few days after the wedding, various incidents lead Valeria to suspect her husband is hiding a dark secret in his past and she discovers that he has been using a false name. He refuses to discuss it leading them to curtail their honeymoon and return to London where Valeria learns that he was on trial for his first wife's murder by arsenic. He was tried in a Scottish court and the verdict was 'Not Proven' rather than 'not guilty' implying his guilt but without enough proof for a jury to convict him. Valeria sets out to save their happiness by proving her husband innocent of the crime. In her quest, she comes across the disabled character Miserrimus Dexter, a fascinating but mentally unstable genius, and his devoted female cousin, Ariel. Dexter will prove crucial to uncovering the disturbing truth behind the mysterious death. (Introduction by wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Law and the Lady
• Author credits: Wilkie Collins
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 50
• Listed recording duration: 13:25:27

Catalogue topics

• mystery
• fiction

Opening tracks: first 24 of 50

1. 01 - The Bride's Mistake — 11:55
2. 02 - The Bride's Thoughts — 17:09
3. 03 - Ramsgate Sands — 14:25
4. 04 - On the Way Home — 13:50
5. 05 - The Landlady's Discovery — 8:55
6. 06 - My Own Discovery — 13:55
7. 07 - On the Way to the Major — 16:08
8. 08 - The Friend of the Women — 12:18
9. 09 - The Defeat of the Major — 25:30
10. 10 - The Search — 35:40
11. 11 - The Return to Life — 15:35
12. 12 - The Scotch Verdict — 13:11
13. 13 - The Man's Decision — 9:50
14. 14 - The Woman's Answer — 21:34
15. 15 - The Story of the Trial. The Preliminaries — 5:04
16. 16 - First Question - Did the Woman die Poisoned? — 29:41
17. 17 - Second Question - Who poisoned Her? — 21:23
18. 18 - Third Question - What was his Motive? — 29:04
19. 19 - The Evidence for the Defense — 9:47
20. 20 - The End of the Trial — 19:46
21. 21 - I see my Way — 12:57
22. 22 - The Major makes Difficulties — 12:03
23. 23 - My Mother-in-Law surprises me — 12:09
24. 24 - Miserrimus Dexter - first View — 13:58

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