false 588747 50 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<br>"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. 1294338 book 1862 Lady Audley's Secret total:582|5:144|4:214|3:180|2:36|1:8| 582 2196 944 95 4 3 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 13:39:15 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 04:15:04 -0700 2009
This was one of the first "sensation" novels ever written, and while it doesn't have the sophistic...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 12:23:45 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 08:37:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 15:11:48 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 15:24:59 -0800 2008
Honestly. How stupid can you be? Sure, it's a great idea to tell the person you suspect of murder that you suspect them, what and where your ev...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 25 05:30:40 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 12:34:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 10:18:45 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 09:37:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 15:51:04 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 19:44:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 14:38:59 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 09:54:29 -0700 2009
This book has everything; great depth of characters, engaging plot, mystery, mayhem, murder, love, agony, despair, all n...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Feb 15 17:48:26 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 19:51:06 -0800 2009
I'll stick with Wilkie Collins in the future, thank you very much.]]> 5 1 false false Sat Oct 13 07:15:15 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 06:02:58 -0700 2007 3 1 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Jul 24 20:10:34 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 20:11:11 -0700 2007 4 0 false true Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 12:08:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 08:56:02 -0700 2009 When sensation novels burst upon a quiescent England these novels became immediate best sellers, surpassing all previous book sales records. However, high brow critics writing in academic journals of the day decried the phenomenon and criticized its practitioners (and readers) in the harshest terms....more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 10:07:13 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 10:07:29 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 16 12:15:21 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 12:15:21 -0700 2008
I'd read Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White which is the other great Victorian sensation novel, but I think this one was better crafted. I especially liked that the vill...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jun 02 12:54:19 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 10:30:35 -0700 2008 Lady Audley's Secret nearly as much as The Moonstone of The Woman in White, but it is still quite a page-turner. To make a modern (and unfair comparison), it reminded me of Columbo mystery, in that there really is no mystery at all. From the very beginning of the book, it is apparent...more...]]> 3 0 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 13:37:14 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 12:20:41 -0800 2008
This is a frustrating novel ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 05:51:51 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 29 04:25:17 -0800 2007 The Woman In White remains well-known, at least in title, the first I heard of Lady Audley's Secret was when my friend Esther Saxey was asked to write the introduction and notes for the new Wordsworth Classics edition.

Lady Audley is the beautiful new wife of Lord ...more...]]> 2 0 false true Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 09:32:24 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 15 18:36:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 27 17:08:27 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 22 18:29:05 -0800 2008 2 more...]]> 5 0 false true Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 17:06:52 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 01:04:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 29 17:11:53 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 17:50:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=588747