Lady Audley's Secret
When Sir Michael Audley sees the beautiful Lucy Graham, he instantly falls in love. He marries her although she is only a governess, and all goes well until his nephew, barrister Robert Audley, starts to suspect that Lucy is hiding a terrible secret. In a plot that unfolds around a case of...
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When Sir Michael Audley sees the beautiful Lucy Graham, he instantly falls in love. He marries her although she is only a governess, and all goes well until his nephew, barrister Robert Audley, starts to suspect that Lucy is hiding a terrible secret. In a plot that unfolds around a case of accidental bigamy, Lady Audley s Secret is one of the most successful sensation novels of all time.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781619491915 (1619491915)
Publish date: December 23rd 2011
Publisher: Empire Books
Pages no: 306
Edition language: English
Poor Lady Audley. I felt terrible for her! Juicy gothic tale of a woman cornered into doing something quite regrettable, something many of us would do in the same circumstance. She pays of course, as most women in these Victorian dramas do. Poor dear. This is often compared to Wilkie Collins' The Wo...
I would have liked this better if the author hadn't felt the need to contrive a happily ever after ending.
Lady Audley has a mysterious past and this is all about how she's willing to keep it from coming out. It's an interesting read and I really did enjoy how George Talboys uncovers the evidence. It does look at the roles women play in the rigid victorian society and how hard sometimes it must have be...
I've read my fill of mystery/suspense stories and I must say that this was one of the better ones, in my opinion. Although it was published in the mid 1800's, the story line still felt fresh. Lots of build- up and even midway through I was not knowing where we would go next. I don't want to say too ...
The first half was awesome. The second half started to get a little boring.
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