Lady Audley's Secret - Mary Elizabeth Braddon • BookLikes (ISBN:1434463796)

Lady Audley's Secret

by: Mary Elizabeth Braddon (author)

Format: hardcover

ISBN: 9781434463791 (1434463796)

Publish date: March 30th 2008

Publisher: Wildside Press

Pages no: 296

Edition language: English

Category:

Classics, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Historical Fiction, Mystery, 19th Century, Crime, Gothic

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Austen to Zafón rated it

11 years ago

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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...

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My Great Escape rated it

11 years ago

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I would have liked this better if the author hadn't felt the need to contrive a happily ever after ending.

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Wyvernfriend Reads rated it

12 years ago

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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...

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Michelle CH rated it

12 years ago

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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 ...

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