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Lady Audley's secret / Mary E. Braddon ; with a new introd. by Jennifer Uglow.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating PR4989.M4 L3 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915.
- Series:
- Virago modern classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bigamy--Fiction.
- Bigamy.
- Deception--Fiction.
- Deception.
- Married women--Fiction.
- Married women.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 375 pages ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Books--Virago Press, 1987.
- Summary:
- Lady Audley, a beautiful woman with a mysterious past, rises from governess to become the selfish and shamelessly acquisitive wife of an aristocrat. Her ruthless ambition and her vulgar tastes serve as commentary on the rise of the middle class and the consumer culture; her ultimate fate reflects the public's fascination with psychological theories about the nature of identity and the definition of madness.
- Notes:
- First published 1862 ; this ed. first published 1985 (London, Virago Press)
- OCLC:
- 16110299
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