Miss Bertha and the Yankee
Wilkie Collins
Narrator Bobbie Frohman
Publisher: Alcazar Audio Works
Summary
Originally published as 'The Duel in Herne Wood' in The Spirit of the Times, 22 December 1877. Captain Stanwick and Lionel Varleigh are old friends but after falling out over their attentions to Bertha Laroche fight an illegal duel in Herne Wood. Stanwick wrongly thinks he has killed Varleigh and goes mad, killing himself with a razor, when his supposed victim returns like an apparition from the dead. Varleigh is acquitted of murder and marries Bertha.
Duration: about 1 hour (01:18:40) Publishing date: 2013-01-01; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —