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Lady Audley’s Secret
Lady Audley’s Secret | M. E. Braddon
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Lady Audley’s Secret was the most successful of a long series of novels written by Mary Elizabeth Braddon in what was then called the “sensation” genre because of the inventive and slightly scandalous plots of such works. Published in 1862, Lady Audley’s Secret was immediately popular and is said to have made a fortune for its author. It has never been out of print and has been the basis for a number of dramas and movies. The novel begins with the return from the Australian goldfields of ex-dragoon George Talboys. Three years earlier, in the depths of poverty, he had abandoned his young wife and their baby in order to seek his fortune. He returns to England having made that fortune by finding a huge gold nugget. He enlists the help of his friend Robert Audley, a rather idle young barrister, to seek out his wife. To George’s dismay and overwhelming grief, however, he sees a newspaper notice of the death of his wife only a few days prior to his return. A year later, when visiting Audley’s relatives and after catching a glimpse of the pretty new wife of Robert’s uncle, George goes missing. Robert becomes increasingly convinced that his friend has met with violence and is dead, and begins to investigate. What he discovers fills him with despair. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
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LiseWorks
Lady Audley’s Secret | M. E. Braddon
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April 27 #SpringSkies Secret This was published in 1862. I read it and liked it. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Perfect 🤩 ðŸ‘🼠6mo
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RaeLovesToRead
Lady Audley’s Secret | M. E. Braddon
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I really liked how much Lady Audley's Secret read like a detective novel (despite pre-dating the detective novel by a good few years).

It's the story of a mystery and a scandal, unfolding through the investigative eyes of the usually bone idle Robert Audley.

It's very Victorian, and you'll either love or hate the flowery language.

Plot twists, melodrama, much better serialised than Dickens! Dragged a bit at times, but still entertaining.

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RaeLovesToRead
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"Let any man make a calculation of his existence, subtracting the hours in which he has been thoroughly happy...
Let him do this, and surely he will laugh in utter bitterness of soul when he sets down the sum of his felicity, and discovers the pitiful smallness of the amount.
He will have enjoyed himself for a week or ten days in thirty years perhaps."

I FIND THIS SO SOOTHING. Really takes the pressure off. Even I can manage 10 days in 30 years!

MaureenMc 😂 7mo
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RaeLovesToRead
Lady Audley’s Secret | M. E. Braddon
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This #blameitonLitsy purchase is turning out to be rather delicious!

It's like a skankier Jane Austen 🤣

batsy The drama! Such a juicy read 😆 7mo
RaeLovesToRead @batsy This is how you serialise, Dickens! 7mo
LeeRHarry A skankier Jane Austen you say? Now I‘m definitely intrigued! 😆 7mo
Cuilin I loved that book. It‘s also one of my daughter‘s favorites. 7mo
RaeLovesToRead @LeeRHarry @Cuilin Yes! It came to my attention on Litsy and it's so good so far! 😠7mo
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DeeBall
Lady Audley’s Secret | M. E. Braddon
Mehso-so

Good mystery, though very drawn out. A lot of unnecessary plot inclusions.

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Cathythoughts
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This is the first page & this book starts as it means to go on ... with divine prose. I‘m on page 83 now ... it‘s a thrilling & dark story ... I‘m intrigued! What a pleasure to read 💫

Tamra I‘m looking forward to it, though it won‘t be the same pleasure on Kindle. 3y
Reggie That is lovely. 3y
Cathythoughts @Tamra It‘s so good , it will be lovely to read in any way 💫â¤ï¸ 3y
Cathythoughts @Reggie Thanks Reggie X And hi 🙋ðŸ¼â€â™€ï¸ 3y
BookNAround I read this in a Popular Victorian Lit class in college. Such a good read. 3y
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