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The Charlotte M. Brame Library
Enter a world of proud houses, secret sorrows, forbidden attachments, and hearts divided between love and duty.
The Charlotte M. Brame Library presents the novels of Charlotte M. Brame, celebrated in her day as Bertha M. Clay, read in full. Here are fortunes won and lost, promises broken, reputations imperilled, and passions that refuse to bow before rank, family, or convention.
For those who delight in grand romances, hidden histories, noble sacrifices, and the delicious uncertainty of what…
Episodes
The Charlotte M. Brame LibraryA Fair Mystery Chapter 28 - The Flight at Midnight
In which the resolute young Doris makes a solemn departure from her family home under the pale moonlight, leaving behind the pastoral calm for a uncertain…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 27 - A Woman Resolved
In which the young and radiant Doris receives news of a celebrated painting bearing her likeness, stirring her vanity and ambitions beyond the quiet, modest…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 26 - How She Was Tempted
In which Doris, beguiled by the dazzling prospect of wealth and splendour offered by Lord Vivianne, contemplates a bitter betrayal of the faithful Earle…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 25 - The Last Happy Day of His Life
In which a tender afternoon bathes two lovers in a golden light of trust and affection, as one confides his fears and joys while a precious gift sparks silent…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 24 - The False Lips of Woman
In which Doris Brace returns from a visit to Downsbury Castle bearing the evidence of a grand new affection, her spirits lifted yet her demeanour curiously…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 23 - An Impassioned Wooing
In which Lord Vivianne finds a secluded spot of natural beauty to pour forth his ardent affections to Doris, whose heart is torn between the quiet constancy of…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 22 - The Coquette and the Man of the World
In which the tender affections of a young poet are shadowed by the arrival of a more worldly suitor, whose presence stirs a restless change in a fair maiden’s…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 21 - 'I Shall Never Be a Model Woman.'
In which the tale turns upon Lord Charles Vivianne, a rakish nobleman whose charm and fortune cast a dangerous allure, awakening in Doris a restless yearning…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 20 - Her Eyes Invited Him
In which the young and picturesque Doris is left alone in a charming conservatory where the handsome and self-assured Lord Charles Vivianne is captivated by…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 19 - 'They Tell Me, Child, That You Are Really Promised in Marriage.'
In which Mark and his beautiful protegee, Doris, are received with unexpected warmth and condescension at Downsbury Castle, where Lady Estelle Hereford’s…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 18 - A Prospective Pleasure for Doris
In which the generous Duke hosts a splendid tenants' dinner that leaves the humble farmer Mark Brace awestruck by the grandeur of Downsbury Castle and grants…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 17 - A Woman Averse to Marriage
In which the household at Downsbury Castle reflects on the delicate, languid constitution of Lady Estelle and her seeming disinterest in the world around her…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 16 - A Shining Memory
In which the secret of Doris's unknown parentage is gently revealed and embraced by those around her, fostering tender hopes and plans for the future that…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 15 - A Betrothal Day
In which the young lovers’ engagement is celebrated amidst a mixture of joy, doubt, and unspoken anxieties, as those around them ponder the true nature of the…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 14 - 'I Will Be True--Forever.'
In which the young poet Earle, emboldened by his affection, ventures at last to ask Doris to be his wife amidst the rustic charms of Brackenside, while Doris’s…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 13 - 'Faithless and Debonair.'
In which a mysterious young beauty consents to be painted by a discerning artist whose curiosity deepens with each sitting at her humble country home…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 12 - Beauty Becomes Immortal
In which the charming and restless Doris contemplates the curious entanglements of love and ambition, caught between the allure of a simple, honest life and…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 11 - The Foster-Sisters
In which the tranquil days at Brackenside Farm witness the tender unfolding of a young man's earnest affection for a fair and rather wilful maiden, whose…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 10 - A Wasted Warning
In which the lively and coquettish Doris captivates Earle Moray with her charm and wit amid the golden wheat fields, as their conversation dances between…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 9 - Poet and Gentleman
In which a poet, begrudging yet dutiful, takes to the fields for instruction in farm work and encounters a radiant young lady whose beauty and vivacious spirit…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 8 - The Young Coquette
In which the spirited Doris asserts her youthful coquettishness and dreams of a life adorned with elegance, much to her modest cousin Mattie’s sincere concern…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 7 - All, All Is Vanity
In which the lovely and accomplished Doris blossoms under the careful guardianship of Mark and Patty, nurtured by a cultured French tutor and enriched by…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 6 - Faithless and Debonair
In which the duke and duchess visit the humble home of their ward, where the contrast between the graceful yet wilful Doris and the simple, earnest Mattie…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 5 - 'I Want to Be Just Like You.'
In which the duchess and her daughter Lady Estelle visit the humble abode of the Brace family to see the little foster-child whose fame has reached their ears…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 4 - The Marble Psyche
In which the steadfast loyalty between tenant and duke gently unfolds amidst the quiet dignity of farm life, where a delicate foundling child, tenderly raised…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 3 - A Daughter of Patricians
In which Mark and Patty Brace take solemn charge of a mysterious, beautiful child left in their care, feeling both the weight of responsibility and the…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 2 - A Fairy Changeling
In which Mark and Patty Brace discover a forsaken infant of extraordinary beauty left at their humble doorstep, accompanied by a generous sum of money and a…
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A Fair Mystery Chapter 1 - A Voice and a Face in the Night
In which the stormy night sets a sombre stage for the Brace family's poignant farewell to their beloved home, as Mark struggles with despair over lost fortunes…