Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (English) Paperback Book

Description: Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Jenny Taylor, Russell Crofts Draws on contemporary theories of insanity to probe mid-Victorian anxieties about the rapid rise of consumer culture. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A disturbing, enthralling, Sensation novelWeathering critical scorn, Lady Audleys 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 Audleys 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 Audleys secret is investigated by Robert Audley, aristocrat turned detective, in a novel that has lost none of its power to disturb and entertain. Notes A cunningly plotted mystery which was to establish Braddon as the leading writer of Victorian "sensation" fiction. Author Biography Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915) first burst onto the public scene at the age of eight when she played the role of Fairy Pineapple in a pantomime. In a long career of overwhelming activity she edited magazines and wrote at least seventy-five novels, including such unrevived works as The Octoroon, Publicans and Sinners and Dead-Sea Fruit but also including the phenomenal Lady Audleys Secret which made her, at the age of twenty-seven, rich for life. Details ISBN0140435840 Author Russell Crofts Series Penguin Classics Language English ISBN-10 0140435840 ISBN-13 9780140435849 Media Book Year 1998 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition 1st Birth 1835 Death 1915 Tag pengblackclassics Format Paperback Residence ENK Pack Parent 9314994250343 Short Title LADY AUDLEYS SECRET REV/E Edition Description Revised Imprint Penguin Classics DOI 10.1604/9780140435849 Edited by Taylor, Jenny Bourne UK Release Date 1998-04-30 Pages 512 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Publication Date 1998-04-30 DEWEY 823.8 Audience General NZ Release Date 1998-10-22 AU Release Date 1998-10-22 Alternative 9780141905150 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1083658;

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