Braddon, M. E. 1835-1915.

Lady Audley's secret / Mary Elizabeth Braddon; introduction and notes by Esther Saxey - viii, 355 pages ; 20 cm. - Wordsworth classics .

"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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England --Social life and customs-- 19th --Fiction


Fiction