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You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. When the first book came out in 1862, victorian readers were shocked and outraged by its portrayal of aspects like bigamy, insanity, yearning for social status and the will to commit murder to achieve one s goa. The novel exemplifies sensation fiction in featuring a beautiful criminal heroine, an amateur detective, blackmail, arson, violence, and plenty of suspenseful action. This new edition explores braddon s portrait of her scheming heroine in the context of the nineteenthcentury sensation novel and the lively, often hostile debates it provoked. Lady audleys secret by mary elizabeth braddon ebooks for. Lady audleys secretm elizabeth braddonfree download. Lady audleys secret by mary elizabeth braddon book resume. Also download the kindle cover thumbnail to see the cover in your kindles library. Mary elizabeth braddon s first novel, lady audley s secret, was one of the most popular english novels of its day.
Lady audley s secret belongs to a genre known as the sensation novel. Within a year of the novel appearing in book form, no less than three theatrical adaptations appeared on the london stage. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. It tells the story of lady audley who is young beautiful wicked and manipulative. Lady audley s secret was an immediate bestseller, and readers have enjoyed its thrilling plot ever since its first publication in 1862. Free audio book that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio player. Although it is considered one of the finest examples of victorian sensationalistic novels, the story is slow paced. Today, of course, we would be more likely to call it a thriller, or a mystery, but that original term is important not only because it belongs to 1860s victorian literature, but also because it maintains a connection back to the eighteenth century and the novel of. Lady audleys secret oxford worlds classics kindle edition by. In 1862, braddon published lady audleys secret, a rousing success that earned her a fortune. Mary e braddon 18351915 began writing at the age of. The plot centres on accidental bigamy which was in literary fashion in the early. Lady audleys secret by mary elizabeth braddon free ebook. There is plenty of dark, suspenseful intrigue at every turn.
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Lady audley s secret 9780140435849 by mary elizabeth braddon. Project gutenberg s lady audleys secret, by mary elizabeth braddon this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. This victorian bestseller, along with braddon s other famous novel, aurora floyd, established her as the main rival of the master of the sensational novel, wilkie. Published serially in 1862, it tells the story of the lovely lucy graham, who becomes lady audley at the beginning of the novel, and who conceals a scandalous secret from her new husband and his family.
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