J. Sheridan LeFanu's Gothic mystery novel is narrated by Richard Beckett, a young Englishman abroad in Napoleonic-era France. He falls instantly in love with a mysterious and imperiled Countess, whom he glimpses momentarily behind her black veil. In order to be near her, he takes a room in the Dragon Volant (the Flying Dragon), a haunted inn that has been the site of mysterious disappearances. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
On the Road
08:29 - Chapter 2
The Inn-Yard of the Belle Etoile
08:33 - Chapter 3
Death and Love Together Mated
07:39 - Chapter 4
Monsieur Droqville
08:50 - Chapter 5
Supper at the Belle Etoile
14:33 - Chapter 6
The Naked Sword
11:30 - Chapter 7
The White Rose
13:22 - Chapter 8
A Three Minutes' Visit
08:33 - Chapter 9
Gossip and Counsel
09:17 - Chapter 10
The Black Veil
10:24 - Chapter 11
The Dragon Volant
09:50 - Chapter 12
The Magician
09:52 - Chapter 13
The Oracle Tells Me Wonders
10:47 - Chapter 14
Mademoiselle de la Valliere
14:10 - Chapter 15
Strange Story of the Dragon Volant
13:31 - Chapter 16
The Parc of the Chateau de la Carque
13:40 - Chapter 17
The Tenant of the Palanquin
08:54 - Chapter 18
The Churchyard
12:43 - Chapter 19
The Key
09:58 - Chapter 20
The High-Cauld Cap
08:43 - Chapter 21
I See Three Men in a Mirror
07:17 - Chapter 22
Rapture
08:26 - Chapter 23
A Cup of Coffee
08:31 - Chapter 24
Hope
08:41 - Chapter 25
Despair
07:05 - Chapter 26
Catastrophe
21:07