The Benefactress

13 hrs. 8 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Elizabeth von Arnim

Narrator Vadim Pugachev

Description

After her husband’s death, the respected Botts family faces an unexpected scandal: Millie, the widow and a woman with an impeccable reputation, confesses to infidelities lasting for years. The family of the deceased tries to hide this shame in order to avoid a public scandal, but Millie decides otherwise. Overwhelmed by guilt, she leaves home intending to devote her life to atonement. This story reveals the hypocrisy of high society and the search for personal freedom.