Lady Audley's secret / Mary Elizabeth Braddon; introduction and notes by Esther Saxey
By: Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) [author]
Contributor(s): Saxey, Esther [writer of introduction]
Language: English Series: Wordsworth classicsPublisher: Ware, England ; Wordsworth Classics : 2007Description: viii, 355 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781853267260Subject(s): England -- Social life and customs -- 19th -- FictionGenre/Form: FictionSummary: 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.| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| FICTION | COLLEGE LIBRARY | COLLEGE LIBRARY FICTION | Fic B7271 2007 (Browse shelf) | Available | CITU-CL-54116 |
"This edition published 1997 by Wordsworth Editions Limited --Title page verso
"Complete and unabridged"--Cover
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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