About this book
This romantic mystery - or mysterious romance - tells the tale of jilted lover, Jim Conrad, who discovers an unusual gold ring while on a visit to Paris. What is the story of the ring? Why is Clelia Vine so sad? Who is the nameless 'chief'? And how is a dour English barber in a Parisian salon mixed up in all this?
The novel, published in 1896, was written by Justin McCarthy, an Irish nationalist, Liberal historian, novelist and politician. (Introduction by Ruth Golding)
Chapters
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- 101 - Jim Conrad's Find22:34 · read by Ruth Golding
- 202 - The Slave of the Ring19:23 · read by Ruth Golding
- 303 - Jim's New Acquaintances28:01 · read by Ruth Golding
- 404 - Mr. Albert Edward Waley14:59 · read by Ruth Golding
- 505 - Mr. Waley's Chief15:19 · read by Ruth Golding
- 606 - Clelia Vine31:37 · read by Ruth Golding
- 707 - Mr. Marmaduke Coffin25:04 · read by Ruth Golding
- 808 - Someone Has Blundered26:11 · read by Ruth Golding
- 909 - Mr. Waley as Recruiting-Sergeant16:48 · read by Ruth Golding
- 1010 - 'I Could Have Loved You, but...'35:32 · read by Ruth Golding
- 1111 - The Sweet Sorrow of Parting22:24 · read by Ruth Golding
- 1212 - Back to London15:55 · read by Ruth Golding
- 1313 - Sir Francis Rose26:28 · read by Ruth Golding
- 1414 - 'That Lady is Not Now Living'33:52 · read by Ruth Golding
- 1515 - 'Will You Stand in with Us?'25:46 · read by Ruth Golding
- 1616 - A Letter and a Meeting31:23 · read by Ruth Golding
- 1717 - An Epoch-making Day22:45 · read by Ruth Golding
- 1818 - Jim is an Unwelcome Messenger27:42 · read by Ruth Golding
- 1919 - 'Hast Thou Found Me Out, O Mine Enemy?'37:43 · read by Ruth Golding
- 2020 - 'Thy Kindness Freezes'24:39 · read by Ruth Golding
- 2121 - 'Why Summon Him - and Trust Not Me?'19:57 · read by Ruth Golding
- 2222 - What Mr. Waley Did with Himself32:26 · read by Ruth Golding
- 2323 - What the Chief Did with Himself25:41 · read by Ruth Golding
- 2424 - 'What is to be Done First?'30:12 · read by Ruth Golding
- 2525 - What is to be Done Next?30:14 · read by Ruth Golding
- 2626 - A Leap in the Dark20:05 · read by Ruth Golding
- 2727 - The Ring Returned22:47 · read by Ruth Golding
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