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Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
by Loyal Books
Inspired by a true life story, Lady Audley's Secret is the story of a woman's overwhelming ambition and passion for social success. When the first book came out in 1862, Victorian readers were shocked and outraged by its portrayal of aspects like bigamy, insanity, yearning for social status and the will to commit murder to achieve one's goals. The novel belongs to a genre that became very popular during that era. Known as “sensation novels” they can probably be equated to today's pulp fiction. It was received with huge enthusiasm by readers and most critics of the day and the central theme of “accidental bigamy” was a popular one. But the author Mary Elizabeth Braddon took it to new heights, introducing several intriguing twists and turns to the plot. In fact the novel was so successful that it allowed the author to become financially independent for the rest of her life and its publisher to purchase a villa, which he christened Audley Lodge, with the profits gained from sales of thi
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01 – Lucy
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02 – On Board the Argus
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03 – Hidden Relics
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04 – In the First Page of ‘The Times’
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05 – The Headstone at Ventnor
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06 – Anywhere, Anywhere Out of the World
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07 – After a Year
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08 – Before the Storm
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09 – After the Storm
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10 – Missing
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11 – The Mark Upon My Lady’s Wrist
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12 – Still Missing
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13 – Troubled Dreams
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14 – Phoebe’s Suitor
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15 – On the Watch
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16 – Robert Audley Gets His Conge
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17 – At the Castle Inn
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18 – Robert Receives a Visitor Whom He Had Scarcely Expected
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19 – The Writing in the Book
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20 – Mrs. Plowson
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21 – Little Georgey Leaves His Old Home
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22 – Coming to a Standstill
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23 – Clara
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24 – George’s Letters
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25 – Retrograde Investigation
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26 – So Far and No Farther
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27 – Beginning at the Other End
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28 – Hidden in the Grave
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29 – In the Lime-Walk
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30 – Preparing the Ground
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31 – Phoebe’s Petition
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32 – The Red Light in the Sky
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33 – The Bearer of the Tidings
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34 – My Lady Tells the Truth
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35 – The Hush That Succeeds the Tempest
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36 – Doctor Mosgrave’s Advice
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37 – Buried Alive
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38 – Ghost-Haunted
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39 – Restored
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40 – At Peace
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Inspired by a true life story, Lady Audley's Secret is the story of a woman's overwhelming ambition and passion for social success. When the first book came out in 1862, Victorian readers were shocked and outraged by its portrayal of aspects like bigamy, insanity, yearning for social status and the will to commit murder to achieve one's goals. The novel belongs to a genre that became very popular during that era. Known as “sensation novels” they can probably be equated to today's pulp fiction. It was received with huge enthusiasm by readers and most critics of the day and the central theme of “accidental bigamy” was a popular one. But the author Mary Elizabeth Braddon took it to new heights, introducing several intriguing twists and turns to the plot. In fact the novel was so successful that it allowed the author to become financially independent for the rest of her life and its publisher to purchase a villa, which he christened Audley Lodge, with the profits gained from sales of thi
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