Weathering critical scorn, "Lady Audley's Secret" quickly established Mary Elizabeth Braddon as the leading light of Victorian 'sensation' fiction, sharing the honour only with Wilkie Collins. Addictive, cunningly plotted and certainly sensational, "Lady Audley's Secret" draws on contemporary theories of insanity to probe mid-Victorian anxieties about the rapid rise of consumer culture. What is the mystery surrounding the charming heroine? "Lady Audley's Secret" is investigated by Robert Audley, aristocrat turned detective, in a novel that has lost none of its power to disturb and entertain.
Customer Review: Delightful
In Lady Audley's Secret, Sir Michael Audley marries Lucy Graham, a governess. She's a fragile-looking young woman of about 20 or so, whose outside appearance belies the deep, dark secret she'll do any...
Customer Review: Something surprising....
I first bought this book for my mother. She loved it so much she bought a copy for me and nagged me to read it.
I am not the greatest admirer of Victorian English literature. I prefer th...
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