| Lady Audley's Secret Revised Edition Contributor(s): Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (Author), Crofts, Russell (Introduction by), Taylor, Jenny Bourne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0140435840 ISBN-13: 9780140435849 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1998 Annotation: Weathering critical scorn, Lady Audley's Secret (1862) 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 anxiety and the doubts that accompanied the rapid rise of consumer culture. What is the mystery surrounding Mary Elizabeth Braddon's artful and 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1170 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.08" W x 7.96" (0.69 lbs) 480 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |