Jezebel's Daughter by COLLINS, Wilkie

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A brilliant chemist and a shrewd businessman — die on the same day. The widow of the chemist, Mrs. Fontaine, is left with the poisons he was researching , while Mrs. Wagner is left with her husband's mental health institution reforms and his plans for hiring women along with men in his firm's offices. Mrs. Wagner believes in treating madmen gently, and requests for the funny little man Jack Straw to be released from the madhouse. At the same time, her nephew David Glenney is sent to the Frankfurt office, where he works with Mr Engelmann and Mr Keller. The Keller sun, Fritz, has fallen in love with Minna Fontaine, but the prospect of marriage is not being approved of by his father because Madame Fontaine is said to be in debt after her husband's death.

4 minutes 6 seconds
00 - Introduction
5 minutes 5 seconds
01 - Part 1, Chapter 1
9 minutes 20 seconds
02 - Part 1, Chapter 2
10 minutes 27 seconds
03 - Part 1, Chapter 3
11 minutes 7 seconds
04 - Part 1, Chapter 4
16 minutes 31 seconds
05 - Part 1, Chapter 5
6 minutes 27 seconds
06 - Part 1, Chapter 6
13 minutes 59 seconds
07 - Part 1, Chapter 7
13 minutes 15 seconds
08 - Part 1, Chapter 8
17 minutes 23 seconds
09 - Part 1, Chapter 9
22 minutes 38 seconds
10 - Part 1, Chapter 10
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