Lady Audley’s Secret (Best Mary Elizabeth Braddon Books, #1) (Penguin Classic Romance Thillers) (Chatterley Classics Collection)

by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Esther Saxey (Introduction) and Dr Keith Carabine

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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.

  • ISBN10 1853267260
  • ISBN13 9781853267260
  • Publish Date 5 September 1997 (first published 1 November 1995)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Wordsworth Editions Ltd
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 400
  • Language English