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The Trail of the Serpent

M. E. Braddon

BOOK TYPE
Novel
READING TIME
About 12.2 hours
WORDS
146,791
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In the town of Slopperton-on-the-Sloshy, the fate of Richard Marwood and Jabez North intertwine in a story of crime, intrigue, and redemption.

Novel

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  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Book I: A Respectable Young Man
    1. I: The Good Schoolmaster
    2. II: Good for Nothing
    3. III: The Usher Washes His Hands
    4. IV: Richard Marwood Lights His Pipe
    5. V: The Healing Waters
    6. VI: Two Coroner’s Inquests
    7. VII: The Dumb Detective a Philanthropist
    8. VIII: Seven Letters on the Dirty Alphabet
    9. IX: “Mad, Gentlemen of the Jury”
  4. Book II: A Clearance of All Scores
    1. I: Blind Peter
    2. II: Like and Unlike
    3. III: A Golden Secret
    4. IV: Jim Looks Over the Brink of the Terrible Gulf
    5. V: Midnight by the Slopperton Clocks
    6. VI: The Quiet Figure on the Heath
    7. VII: The Usher Resigns His Situation
  5. Book III: Holy Institution
    1. I: The Value of an Opera-Glass
    2. II: Working in the Dark
    3. III: The Wrong Footstep
    4. IV: Ocular Demonstration
    5. V: The King of Spades
    6. VI: A Glass of Wine
    7. VII: The Last Act of Lucretia Borgia
    8. VIII: Bad Dreams and a Worse Waking
    9. IX: A Marriage in High Life
    10. X: Animal Magnetism
  6. Book IV: Napoleon the Great
    1. I: The Boy from Slopperton
    2. II: Mr. Augustus Darley and Mr. Joseph Peters Go Out Fishing
    3. III: The Emperor Bids Adieu to Elba
    4. IV: Joy and Happiness for Everybody
    5. V: The Cherokees Take an Oath
    6. VI: Mr. Peters Relates How He Thought He Had a Clue, and How He Lost It
  7. Book V: The Dumb Detective
    1. I: The Count de Marolles at Home
    2. II: Mr. Peters Sees a Ghost
    3. III: The Cherokees Mark Their Man
    4. IV: The Captain, the Chemist, and the Lascar
    5. V: The New Milkman in Park Lane
    6. VI: Signor Mosquetti Relates an Adventure
    7. VII: The Golden Secret Is Told, and the Golden Bowl Is Broken
    8. VIII: One Step Further on the Right Track
    9. IX: Captain Lansdown Overhears a Conversation Which Appears to Interest Him
  8. Book VI: On the Track
    1. I: Father and Son
    2. II: Raymond de Marolles Shows Himself Better Than All Bow Street
    3. III: The Left-Handed Smasher Makes His Mark
    4. IV: What They Find in the Room in Which the Murder Was Committed
    5. V: Mr. Peters Decides on a Strange Step, and Arrests the Dead
    6. VI: The End of the Dark Road
    7. VII: Farewell to England
  9. Colophon
  10. Uncopyright

Edition & source

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SOURCE PUBLICATION DATE
2026-01-20
SOURCE EDITION UPDATED
2026-08-04
ADDED TO iREADALL
2026-10-13
Edition contributors
  • The League of Moveable Type (tyd)
  • M. E. Braddon (aut)
  • Józef Pankiewicz (art)
  • Peter Becker (trc)
  • Laura Natal (trc)
  • Distributed Proofreaders (trc)
  • Anthony Bongers (bkp, blw, cov, mrk, pfr, tyg)
  • Weijia Cheng (pfr)
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