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Eleanor's Victory

M. E. Braddon

The story centers around Eleanor Vane, a young and innocent girl navigating the complexities of life and her relationship with her estranged father, George Mowbray Vane.

"Eleanor's Victory" by M. E. Braddon is a novel. The story centers around Eleanor Vane, a young and innocent girl navigating the complexities of life and her relationship with her estranged father, George Mowbray Vane.

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The craggy cliffs upon the Norman coast looked something like the terraced walls and turreted roofs of a ruined city in the hot afternoon sunshine, as the Empress steamer sped swiftly onward toward Dieppe. At least they looked thus in the eyes of a very young lady, who stood alone on the deck of the steam-packet, with yearning eyes fixed upon that foreign shore.

It was four o’clock upon a burning August afternoon in the year 1853. The steamer was fast approaching the harbour. Several moustachioed gentlemen, of various ages, costumes, and manners, were busy getting together carpet-bags, railway-rugs, camp-stools, newspapers, and umbrellas; preparatory to that eager rush towards the shore by which marine voyagers are apt to testify their contempt for Neptune, when they have no longer need of his service or fear of his vengeance. Two or three English families were collected in groups, holding guard over small mounds or barrows of luggage, having made all preparation for landing at first sight of the Norman shore, dim in the distance; and of course about two hours too soon.

Contents

  1. 01Chapter I. Going Home.
  2. 02Chapter II. The Entresol in the Rue De L’archevêque.
  3. 03Chapter III. The Story of the Past.
  4. 04Chapter IV. Upon the Threshold of a Great Sorrow.
  5. 05Chapter V. Waiting.
  6. 06Chapter VI. The Black Building by the River.
  7. 07Chapter VII. Suspense.
  8. 08Chapter VIII. Good Samaritans.
  9. 09Chapter IX. Looking to the Future.
  10. 10Chapter X. Hortensia Bannister Holds Out a Helping Hand.
  11. 11Chapter XI. Richard Thornton’s Promise.
  12. 12Chapter XII. Gilbert Monckton.
  13. 13Chapter XIII. Hazlewood.
  14. 14Chapter XIV. The Prodigal’s Return.
  15. 15Chapter XV. Launcelot.
  16. 16Chapter XVI. The Lawyer’s Suspicion.
  17. 17Chapter XVII. The Shadow on Gilbert Monckton’s Life.
  18. 18Chapter XVIII Unforgotten.
  19. 19Chapter XIX. Like the Memory of a Dream.
  20. 20Chapter XX. Recognition.
  21. 21Chapter XXI. On the Track.
  22. 22Chapter XXII. In the Shipbroker’s Office.
  23. 23Chapter XXIII Resolved.
  24. 24Chapter XXIV. The One Chance.
  25. 25Chapter XXV. Accepted.
  26. 26Chapter XXVI. An Insidious Demon.
  27. 27Chapter XXVII. Slow Fires.
  28. 28Chapter XXVIII by the Sundial.
  29. 29Chapter XXIX. Keeping Watch.
  30. 30Chapter XXX. An Old Man’s Fancy.
  31. 31Chapter XXXI. A Powerful Ally.
  32. 32Chapter XXXII. The Testimony of the Sketch-Book.
  33. 33Chapter XXXIII. Maurice De Crespigny’s Will.
  34. 34Chapter XXXIV. Richard’s Discovery.
  35. 35Chapter XXXV. What Happened at Windsor.
  36. 36Chapter XXXVI. Another Recognition.
  37. 37Chapter XXXVII. Launcelot’s Troubles.
  38. 38Chapter XXXVIII. Mr. Monckton Brings Gloomy Tidings from Woodlands.
  39. 39Chapter XXXIX. Launcelot’s Counsellor.
  40. 40Chapter XL. Resolved.
  41. 41Chapter XLI. A Terrible Surprise.
  42. 42Chapter XLII. In the Presence of the Dead.
  43. 43Chapter XLIII. A Brief Triumph.
  44. 44Chapter XLIV. Lost.
  45. 45Chapter XLV. At Sea.
  46. 46Chapter XLVI. Laura’s Troubles.
  47. 47Chapter XLVII. Getting Over It.
  48. 48Chapter XLVIII. The Reading of the Will.
  49. 49Chapter XLIX. Deserted.
  50. 50Chapter L. Gilbert’s Letter.
  51. 51Chapter LI. Mrs. Major Lennard.
  52. 52Chapter LII. Going Back to Paris.
  53. 53Chapter LIII. Margaret Lennard’s Delinquencies.
  54. 54Chapter LIV. Very Lonely.
  55. 55Chapter LV. Victor Bourdon Goes Over to the Enemy.
  56. 56Chapter LVI. The Horrors of Delirium Tremens.
  57. 57Chapter LVII. Maurice De Crespigny’s Bequest.
  58. 58Chapter LVIII. The Day of Reckoning.
  59. 59Chapter LIX. The Last.
  60. 60Transcriber’s Notes

About this edition

Author
M. E. Braddon
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
550 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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