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Lady Audley's Secret (Hardcover)

by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (Author)
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This novel, with its most untypically forceful heroine, can be seen as an anticipation of Ibsen's great dramas, and as an unabashed bid for freedom from the constraints of Victorian womanhood.


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4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect mystery for a mid-week read, April 4 2009
By Misfit (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lady Audley's Secret (Paperback)
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 paper sets George's world upside down, although a trip with Robert to Audley Court opens up.......

Well I'm not telling more than that, I am not into spoilers. This was a highly entertaining and readable mystery - yes you'll guess some of what's going to happen but trust me the author has a red-herring or two and plenty of twists and turns ahead for the reader. Braddon's style was very light and readable, not as heavy handed as some 19C authors can be and I really enjoyed her descriptions of the settings, particularly the very very old Audley Court and its grounds. This book should appeal to mystery fans as well as those looking for something new in 19C lit and perfect for those days when you're looking for something light, albeit with some substance as well. 4/5 stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Review the novel, or the edition?, April 30 2004
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This review is from: Lady Audley's Secret (Paperback)
It's unfortunate that opinions regarding the story, Braddon's style, and/or Victorian novels in general make the little star rankings lower for this particular edition. In fact, the edition is quite good; the introduction is superb, the footnotes are very useful for those of us who easily forget our Classical references, and the appendices are chock full of relevant information. Like the story or not, this edition is wonderful.
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2.0 out of 5 stars An OK story, but lackluster characters, Jun 12 2003
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The cover description of this novel grabbed my interest when I saw it in the bookstore, so I decided to give it a try. It's the first book I have struggled with in a while. And it's not because it's hard to read; far from it. The characters are, simply put, not interesting. I didn't care for a single one of them, not even the "detective" of the story, Robert Audley, or the "enchanting" and "mysterious" heroine herself, Lady Audley. There was some good bits of suspense, and a few bits of mystery, but because of the flat characters this really did little to compensate.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Very readable Victorian mystery
A very readable Victorian mystery, I guess it would qualify in today's market as a cozy. I understand that Braddon was influenced by Wilke Collins, and therefore it is... Read more
Published on Feb 17 2002 by Fanoula Sevastos

5.0 out of 5 stars A Forgotten Gem
This book is a wonderful forgotten gem. Although it was written nearly half a century before, this book belongs on the shelf next to stories such as Du Maurier's... Read more
Published on Jul 28 2001 by lesjoseph

4.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing read!
True, the book is not of the same speed as John Grisham but the careful dance between the hero and the villainess is sublime. Read more
Published on Jun 6 2001 by mtdp

5.0 out of 5 stars More of a guilt novel than I mystery I think...
...I was suprised at how much I liked this book. I am not one for Victorian "sensationalists" preferring swashbuckling but Miss Braddon (as she was then called) is a great writer... Read more
Published on May 27 2001 by Gwen Kramer

4.0 out of 5 stars worth considering
I spent over a year convincing myself that i needed to read this book (like someone else, i was supposed to read it in class, but we didn't get to it). Read more
Published on Dec 12 2000 by J. Peterson

5.0 out of 5 stars Collector's Item for Mystery Fans
A "sensation" thriller which was the rage at the time, Lady Audley's Secret is a must read for the genre fans. It is not "Gothic " as it is a mystery. Read more
Published on Oct 23 2000 by Rudy Avila

3.0 out of 5 stars small comfort to Wilkie Collins addicts..
Lady Audley's Secret was written shortly after Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White, the novel which defined the era of "sensation novels" (.. Read more
Published on Oct 19 2000 by lazza

4.0 out of 5 stars What a nice suprise!
I had to read tis book for a Victorian Lit. class and was not looking forward to it, however, to my suprise I ended up reading two thirds of it a t one sitting. Read more
Published on Jul 17 2000 by Kim Johnson

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