Lady Audley's Secret (Wordsworth Classics)
Lady Audley's Secret (Wordsworth Classics)
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The flaxen-haired beauty of the child-like Lady Audley would suggest that she has no secrets. But this novel uncovers the truth about its heroine in a plot involving bigamy, arson and murder. It challenges assumptions about the nature of femininity and investigates the narrow divide between sanity and insanity.
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With an Introduction and Notes by Esther Saxey
The flaxen-haired beauty of the childlike Lady Audley would suggest that she has no secrets. But M.E. Braddon’s classic novel of sensation uncovers the truth about its heroine in a plot involving bigamy, arson and murder. It challenges assumptions about the nature of femininity and investigates the narrow divide between sanity and insanity, using as its focus one of the most fascinating of all Victorian heroines.
Combining elements of the detective novel, the psychological thriller and the romance of upper class life, Lady Audley’s Secret was one of the most popular and successful novels of the nineteenth century and still exerts a powerful hold on readers.
Product Description
Title - Lady Audley's Secret (Wordsworth Classics)
Edition -
Author - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
ISBN 13 - 9781853267260
Imprint - Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Publisher - Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date Published - 05/09/1997
Prize -
No. of pages - 400
Binding Type - Paperback
Dimensions - 129 x 198 x 20mm
Weight - 250 g
Languages - English