The flaxen-haired beauty of the child-like Lady Audley would suggest that she has no secrets. But this novel uncovers the truth about its heroine in a plot involving bigamy, arson... Læs mere
When beautiful Lucy Graham becomes Lady Audley, her future looks secure. But her past is shrouded in mystery, and the disappearance of a young man sparks an investigation that will... Læs mere
Lady Audley uttered a long, low, wailing cry, and threw up her arms above her head with a wild gesture of despair. In this fiction, a new Lady Audley arrives at the manor: young,... Læs mere
Aurora Floyd is one of the leading novels in the genre known as “sensation fiction”. Braddon''s text has been carefully annotated for modern readers in this edition, including documents setting the text in context.’
Draws on contemporary theories of insanity to probe mid-Victorian anxieties about the rapid rise of consumer culture.
The Doctor's Wife is Mary Elizabeth Braddon's rewriting of Flaubert's Madame Bovary in which she explores her frustrated heroine's sense of entrapment and alienation in middle-class... Læs mere
A selection of haunting supernatural tales from prominent Victorian novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon, reissued in the Tales of the Weird series from the British Library.
Una colección imprescindibles para los amantes de lo espectral, del misterio gótico, de la cortina que se desplaza sin que haya viento y el susurro de... Læs mere
Da toget fra London til Cornwall kører langs en stejl bjergside, sidder den gamle læge og nyder udsigten. Nydelsen af det dramatiske landskab bliver kun større af den frygt, der... Læs mere
Suloinen Lucy Graham nai rikkaan, leskeksi jääneen Sir Michael Audleyn, jolla ei ole aavistustakaan nuorikkonsa menneisyydestä. Pian Lucyn puhtoinen pinta alkaa kuitenkin rakoilla.... Læs mere