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Secresy, or, the Ruin on the Rock

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(3,5 Sterne; 5 Bewertungen)

This is the story of Caroline and Sibella, two female friends. Strong and smart women who try to make it in a man's world while keeping their values and loyalties intact. The only way to do that is to hide a few secrets. Yet secrets cannot remain hidden for ever, and everything has a price. This is both a social novel and a gothic novel. A true page turner with all the elements of a good 18th century novel: a woman locked in an estate, a hidden pregnancy, some politics of marriage, villains, sentimentality and thought provoking philosophy. Summary by Stav Nisser. (11 hr 56 min)

Chapters

DEDICATION

1:19

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Volume 1, Letter 1 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO THE HONOURABLE GEORGE VALMONT

4:36

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Letter 2 FROM SIBELLA VALMONT TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

10:45

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Letter 3 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO SIBELLA VALMONT

24:28

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Letter 4 FROM SIBELLA VALMONT TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

6:43

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Letter 5 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO SIBELLA VALMONT

29:29

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Letter 6 FROM SIBELLA VALMONT TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

15:54

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Letter 7 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO SIBELLA VALMONT

41:18

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Letter 8 FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO ARTHUR MURDEN

8:18

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Letter 9 FROM SIBELLA VALMONT TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

15:36

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Letter 10 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO SIBELLA VALMONT

16:51

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Letter 11 FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO ARTHUR MURDEN

7:39

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Letter 12 FROM SIBELLA VALMONT TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

3:28

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Letter 13 FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO ARTHUR MURDEN

19:40

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Letter 14 FROM SIBELLA VALMONT TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

4:25

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Letter 15 FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO ARTHUR MURDEN

2:34

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Billet contained in 15 FROM SIBELLA TO CLEMENT

2:15

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Letter 16 FROM ARTHUR MURDEN TO CLEMENT MONTGOMERY

1:06

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Letter 17 FROM ARTHUR MURDEN TO CLEMENT MONTGOMERY

7:00

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Volume 2, Letter 1 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO SIBELLA VALMONT

11:45

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Letter 2 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO SIBELLA VALMONT

24:44

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Letter 3 FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO ARTHUR MURDEN

5:42

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Letter 4 FROM SIBELLA VALMONT TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

6:52

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Letter 5 FROM ARTHUR MURDEN TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

3:11

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Letter 6 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO SIBELLA VALMONT

19:09

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Letter 7 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER

13:39

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Letters 8 and 9 FROM SIBELLA VALMONT TO CAROLINE ASHBURN AND TO CLEMENT MONTGOM…

12:07

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Letter 10 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER

12:27

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Letter 11 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO SIBELLA VALMONT

21:58

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Letter 12 FROM JANETTEA LAUNDY TO CLEMENT MONTGOMERY

4:08

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Letter 13 FROM JANETTEA LAUNDY TO CLEMENT MONTGOMERY

1:58

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Letter 14 FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO ARTHUR MURDEN

13:14

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Letter 15 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER

11:57

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Letter 16 FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO ARTHUR MURDEN

14:38

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Letter 17 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER

34:16

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Volume 3, Letter 1 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER

16:16

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Letter 2 FROM ARTHUR MURDEN TO CLEMENT MONTGOMERY

10:08

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Letter 3 FROM SIBELLA VALMONT TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

13:03

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Letter 4 FROM SIBELLA VALMONT

6:28

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Letter 5 FROM ARTHUR MURDEN TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

20:01

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Letter 6 FROM ARTHUR MURDEN TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

15:01

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Letter 7 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER

7:09

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Letter contained in 7 FROM GEORGE VALMONT TO THE EARL OF ELSINGS

3:17

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Letter 7 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER, continued

3:48

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Letter contained in 7 FROM THE EARL OF ELSINGS TO GEORGE VALMONT

1:44

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Letter 7 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER, continued

3:54

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Letter 8 FROM GEORGE VALMONT TO CLEMENT MONTGOMERY

1:09

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Letter 9 FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO GEORGE VALMONT

2:41

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Letter 10 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO ARTHUR MURDEN

12:48

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Letter 11 FROM LORD FILMAR TO JANETTA LAUNDY

1:13

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Letter 12 FROM JANETTA LAUNDY TO LORD FILMAR

1:28

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Letter 13 FROM LORD FILMAR TO JANETTA LAUNDY

2:21

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Letter 14 FROM JANETTA LAUNDY TO LORD FILMAR

3:56

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Letter 15 FROM LORD FILMAR TO JANETTA LAUNDY

2:00

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Letter 16 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO ARTHUR MURDEN

1:47

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Letter contained in 16 FROM GEORGE VALMONT TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

1:33

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Letter 16 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO ARTHUR MURDEN, continued

3:07

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Letter 17 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER

8:50

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Letter 18 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO ARTHUR MURDEN

1:09

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Letter 19 FROM ARTHUR MURDEN TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

0:49

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Letter 20 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO ARTHUR MURDEN

15:46

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Letter 21 contained in 20 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO SIBELLA VALMONT

2:36

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Letter 22 FROM GEORGE VALMONT TO CLEMENT MONTGOMERY

4:19

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Letter 23 FROM ARTHUR MURDEN TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

3:26

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Letter 24 FROM JANETTA LAUNDY TO CLEMENT MONTGOMERY

5:29

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Letter 25 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO ARTHUR MURDEN

2:36

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Letter 26 FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO JANETTA LAUNDY

3:53

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Letter 27 FROM JANETTA LAUNDY TO CLEMENT MONTGOMERY

4:15

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Letter 28 FROM GEORGE VALMONT TO CLEMENT MONTGOMERY

1:22

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Letter 29 FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO GEORGE VALMONT

1:48

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Letter 30 FROM ARTHUR MURDEN TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

6:33

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Letter 31 FROM ARTHUR MURDEN TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

1:06

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Letter contained in 31 FROM MARY HOLMES TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

1:22

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Letter 32 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO ARTHUR MURDEN

2:21

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Letter 33 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER

19:35

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Letter 34 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO LADY BARLOWE

3:45

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Letter 35 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT

8:03

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Letter 36 LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER

5:09

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Letter 37 FROM GEORGE VALMONT TO CAROLINE ASHBURN

2:01

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Letter 38 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER

15:52

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Letter 39 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT

5:52

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Letter 40 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO LORD FILMAR

18:34

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Bewertungen

(3,5 Sterne)

This would have been five stars but for the incomprehensible ending. It's as if the story was written by two different people because the shift in plot is suddenly so confusing and contrived. Readers were fabulous especially the performance of Carolyn. Fabulous, engrossing epistolary novel that takes a nosedive at the end.