The Ordeal of Elizabeth


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(4.1 stars; 17 reviews)

An unforgettable family saga which revolves around the beautiful young Elizabeth. Elizabeth is orphaned and raised by her spinster aunts. As an adult, she finds herself trapped in a loveless marriage and ultimately falls in love with another man. After telling her lover the truth about her marriage - her husband is found murdered the very next day! This is a story of destiny, temptation, and courage of the heart. (Summary by Lani Small)

This book is sometimes attributed to Elizabeth von Arnim, but her authorship cannot be confirmed.
There is no chapter four in this book, it seems to have been intentionally left out by the author. (10 hr 42 min)

Chapters

Chapter 1 16:12 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 2 19:20 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 3 13:10 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 5 11:24 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 6 16:56 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 7 14:21 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 8 11:35 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 9 14:33 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 10 11:18 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 11 9:37 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 12 17:03 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 13 19:30 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 14 17:10 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 15 11:10 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 16 17:11 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 17 15:06 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 18 23:56 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 19 17:10 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 20 20:47 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 21 18:04 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 22 10:20 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 23 22:14 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 24 21:26 Read by Lani Small
Chapter 25 11:18 Read by Leanne
Chapter 26 16:07 Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Chapter 27 11:32 Read by P. J. Morgan
Chapter 28 24:03 Read by P. J. Morgan
Chapter 29 19:10 Read by Lynne T
Chapter 30 23:19 Read by Lynne T
Chapter 31 15:50 Read by Natalie Paula
Chapter 32 16:15 Read by Natalie Paula
Chapter 33 24:42 Read by Maryanka
Chapter 34 11:01 Read by Jeanie
Chapter 35 15:59 Read by Lynne T
Chapter 36 22:04 Read by Lynne T
Chapter 37 16:55 Read by Siobhan
Chapter 38 12:05 Read by Jeanie
Chapter 39 21:53 Read by KHand
Chapter 40 10:33 Read by Caroline Morales

Reviews

Plenty of mixed emotions, conniving, unwarranted guilt...


(4 stars)

malice, passionate love, envy, "string pulling", over scrupulosity, deliberately unsupportive associates and family, hag jealous aunts, crazy hypocritical victorian norms, and so on and so forth . Just started again. I hope this doesn't turn into a slower version of "east enders". that tv series i loved at first but the rapid cycling of emotions and scheming drove me crazy after awhile. Anyway the early years of soap east enders had the best actors and many subplots compared to recently or currently if its still running...ha ha but i digress, sorry btw, the lost or mis numbered chapter 4 for 5 might be an idea for the Librivox volunters to jointly write something like "the lost chapter" or "the anonymous writer", "the chapter thief" ,"the book gremlin", "the author mystery"etc...need not be anything to do with this book....just off the top of my head. Also, be grateful if anyone has some insight to who the anonymous author might be.... Lani Small is a fine reader. Always grateful for all volunteer readers, and support volunteers, Librivox and Internet Archive. btw Lani, sorry for being a prig, but the legendary German composer Wagner (although not my cup of tea) is pronounced Vahgner, ah as in ah, for lack of a better phonetic description. Wagner was "in to" Norse Mythology although he did write some pleasant short piano works and songs. And a few other words you mispronounced but you still have a fine clear voice. I know very few of us have the time. but when you have the time it might be good to read over a chapter before recording, and put the words you are unsure how to pronounce, copy and paste it into the endless audio pronunciation websites on the net. again grateful for your reading. dahszil male american dissident

fan48


(4 stars)

Good, if slightly predictable, book. Narrators ranged from excellent to 'much room for improvement'. One narrator actually read the wrong chapter. Fortunately, MOST of the chapters were read by very capable people thus the 4 stars.