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The Fate of Fenella

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(4,238 Sterne; 21 Bewertungen)

One book, twenty-four authors ... Fenella is the beautiful, girlish and headstrong heroine of a sensational Victorian novel which continually passes from one writer's cliffhanger to another's resolution. Fenella, with her young son Ronny, is recuperating in a Harrogate hotel, where her flirtatious behaviour has already broken the heart of a fellow guest, a rising barrister. Her feelings at her estrangement from her young husband, who appears to be flaunting his manipulative French mistress to the world, are still running high. Impulsively, she strikes back with an invitation to the French count whose flirtation had fired her husband's jealousy. The stage is set for a crime in mysterious circumstances, bringing Fenella into a sorrowful womanhood, and changing the lives of those around her forever. Violence, misunderstanding, love, intrigue, kidnapping, disaster ... mystery, sensation, social commentary, wit and romance combine across continents as each writer takes up the story.

"The publishers claim with no little satisfaction that in this book they offer the reading public a genuine novelty. The idea of a novel written by twenty-four popular writers is certainly an original one. The ladies and gentlemen who have written The Fate of Fenella have done their work quite independently of each other. There has been collaboration but not consultation. As each one wrote a chapter it was passed on to the next, and so on until it reached the hands of Mr. F. Anstey, whose peculiar and delightful humor made him a fitting choice for bringing the story to a satisfactory close." (Summary by Loveday and the Publishers' note) (7 hr 23 min)

Chapters

Chapter I - Fenella

21:14

Read by Patti Cunningham

Chapter II - Kismet

14:51

Read by TriciaG

Chapter III - How It Strikes a Contemporary

21:53

Read by Anna Simon

Chapter IV - Between Two Fires

14:18

Read by Lynne T

Chapter V

17:23

Read by ToddHW

Chapter VI

9:42

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)

Chapter VII - So Near - so Far Away

15:51

Read by Michele Fry

Chapter VIII

18:21

Read by Mary J

Chapter IX

19:33

Read by Lynne T

Chapter X

15:34

Read by ToddHW

Chapter XI - Mme de Vigny's Revenge

26:28

Read by TriciaG

Chapter XII

17:23

Read by Christa Matichuk

Chapter XIII - The Scars Remained

11:16

Read by Natalie Paula

Chapter XIV - Derelict

15:30

Read by ToddHW

Chapter XV

23:15

Read by Rosie

Chapter XVI - In New York

26:38

Read by Michele Fry

Chapter XVII

13:40

Read by Nincompup

Chapter XVIII

17:21

Read by Lynne T

Chapter XIX

17:04

Read by ToddHW

Chapter XX - Through Fire and Water

25:44

Read by Maria Kasper

Chapter XXI - Alive or Dead

13:14

Read by Natalie Paula

Chapter XXII

20:39

Read by TriciaG

Chapter XXIII

25:19

Read by Anna Simon

Chapter XXIV - Whom the Gods Hate Die Hard

21:31

Read by ToddHW

Bewertungen

DEUS MACHINA

(4 Sterne)

An interesting experiment. It is like the old serials at the movies on Saturday. A cliffhanger at the end of each chapter, but magically resolved in the next. Then the great Hollywood ending. Good fun.

(4 Sterne)

a great parody of victorian fiction - lots of fun if you take it in that way.

clare Brennan

(5 Sterne)

gteat story amd the readers are so so gooxd Thanh u so much

the gate of fenella

(5 Sterne)

loved it..