Lady Audleys Secret

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This Victorian bestseller, along with Braddon s other famous novel, Aurora Floyd, established her as the main rival of the master of the sensational novel, Wilkie Collins A protest against the passive, insipid 19th century heroine, Lady Audley was described by one critic of the time as high strung, full of passion, purpose, and movement Her crime the secret of the title is shown to threaten the apparently respectable middle class world of Victorian England. Free Download [ Lady Audleys Secret ] author [ Mary Elizabeth Braddon ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr whatever could be Lady Audley s secret could it be murder miscegenation malfeasance misdirected malevolence ending in tears, tragedy, and general tawdriness an assumed identity flatulence that not so fresh feeling bigamy bigotry child abuse child abandonment une affaire de coeur une affaire de blanchiment d argent well, all or some o...After around fifty pages or so of reading this I was incredibly disappointed I d found out what Lady Audley s secret was I didn t really want to read any further But, that s what I was meant to think Her actual secret isn t revealed to the very end And, I must say, I was rather surprised I didn t see it coming It was quite a shocking discovery I d spent the rest of the novel is a state of absolute certainty regarding the secret I thought it was quite a crap secret to be honest Well, no After around fifty pages or so of reading this I was incredibly disappointed I d found out what Lady Audley s secret was I didn t really want to read any further But, that s what I was meant to think Her actual secret isn t revealed to the very end And, I must say, I was rather surprised I didn t see it coming It was quite a shocking discovery I d spent the rest of the novel is a state of absolute certainty regarding the secret I thought it was quite a crap secret to be honest Well, not entirely crap, but revealed too early within the narrative It disrupted the narrative drive, I felt like I ha...This is a sadly forgotten but great 19th century sensation novel that rivals some of Wilkie Collins best books such as The Woman in White and the Moonstone Its also one of the first to feature a female villain which wasn t typical of early literature Nevertheless, this dynamic creates an interesting character study which discusses female motives and what they are capable of despite their beauty and grace This is a great book and it definitely needs to move closer to the top on your t...Top Ten Secrets of Lady Audley10 is a dude9 is husband s mom8 killed somebody7 used to be hooker6 is screwing the gardener5 escaped from mental hospital4 baby is not husband s baby3 is slowly poisoning husband2 is dead husband just having creepy imaginary conversations with ghost 1 Sortof likes ColdplayThe mid 1800s saw the rise of the sensation novel, which brought the spooky atmosphere of the Gothic into normal peoples homes Now the spouse or other family member was the danger Top Ten Secrets of Lady Audley10 is a dude9 is husband s mom8 killed somebody7 used to be hooker6 is screwing the gardener5 escaped from mental hospital4 baby is not husband s baby3 is slowly poisoning husband2 is dead husband just having creepy imaginary conversations with ghost 1 Sortof likes ColdplayThe mid 1800s saw the rise of the sensation novel, which brought the spooky atmosphere of the Gothic into normal peoples homes Now the spouse or other family member was the danger Anthony Trollope suggested that they should be at the same time realistic and sensationaland both in the highest degree The most famous example is The Woman in Whi...Loved thisgreat fun 4.5 stars, rounded down As I read Lady Audley s Secret, I kept thinking of Poe, Conan Doyle and Anne Bronte A nice combination, if I must say so myself Braddon has created an interesting story line and a creepy environment in which to plunk down her motley set of characters I loved the conflicting ideas that are present within Lady Audley herself and especially enjoyed the myriad ways she is viewed by the other characters in the story Her secret did surprise me, and Loved thisgreat fun 4.5 stars, rounded down As I read Lady Audley s Secret, I kept thinking of Poe, Conan Doyle and Anne Bronte A nice combination, if I must say so myself Braddon has created an interesting story line and a creepy environment in which to plunk down her motley set of characters I loved the conflicting ideas that are present within Lady Audley herself and especially enjoyed the myriad ways she is viewed by the other characters in the story Her secret did surprise me, and I confess I thought it would not Braddon does a wonderful...Lady Audley s secret is yet another Victorian sensational novel I read for the year My first such experience was The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins I have read that Collins and Ms Braddon are known as the best authors of the genre and that Lady Audley s secret is regarded as a rival to The Woman in White This knowledge made me want to read the book, and when a group to which I belong was intended upon reading this I couldn t resist the urge to join in I m very much glad that I did Told Lady Audley s secret is yet another Victorian sensational novel I read for the year My first such experie...This was recommended to me as a cross between Austen Heyer but other than the abundance of grey eyes Heyer this book didn t remind me of either authorlike Conan Doyle or Poe.Fortunately I love Conan Doyle Poe.Fast paced at the start, the book slowed down about three quarters of the way through with a lot of exposition and a lot of melodramatic angstfor modern tastes, view spoiler The Hero telling The Villainess his plan of action not just once was inexpl This was recommended to me as ...An entertaining Victorian Era novel that is similar to The Woman in White They both were part of the short lived Sensation genre of novels from mid 19th century England, although Lady Audley s Secret doesn t quite measure up to The Woman in White The beautiful but devious Lady Audley was far and away the most interesting character in the novel Her nemesis, Robert Audley, nephew to her husband, was so condescending and snobish, that I found myself pulling for the narcissistic, murderous, big An entertaining Victorian Era novel that is similar to The Woman in White They both were part of the short lived Sensation genre of novels from mid 19th century England, although Lady Audley s Secret doesn t quite measure up to The Woman in White The beautiful but ...Read for Victober 2017.Before this month I had never heard of Ms Braddon or her book Before this year I had never heard the term sensation novel What a treat it was to discover This book didn t really surprise me with the plot twists but i...Since this is one of those books that to tell too much of the story would ruin it, I m only giving you the bare bones Baronet Sir Michael Audley takes himself a young, beautiful but penniless wife, but his eighteen year old daughter Alicia is not quite so enthralled with Lucy s charms Sir Michael s nephew Robert Audley greets his old friend George Talboys on his return from the gold fields of Australia, but George is anxious to reunite with the wife and child he left behind when he was unabl Since this is one of those books that to tell too much of the story would ruin it, I m only giving you the bare bones Baronet Sir Michael Audley takes himself a young, beautiful but penniless wife, but his eighteen year old daughter Alicia is not quite so enthralled with Lucy s charms Sir Michael s nephew Robert Audley greets his old friend George Talboys on his return from the gold fields of Australia, but George is anxious to reunite with the wife and child he left behind when he was unable to support them An unexpected death notice in a local ...

Lady Audleys Secret
  • English
  • 08 November 2017
  • Paperback
  • 455 pages
  • 0192835203
  • Mary Elizabeth Braddon
  • Lady Audleys Secret