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East Lynne

Mrs. Henry Wood

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When the aristocratic Lady Isabel abandons her husband and children for her wicked seducer, more is at stake than moral retribution.

Ellen Wood played upon the anxieties of the Victorian middle classes who feared a breakdown of the social order as divorce became more readily available and promiscuity threatened the sanctity of the family.

In her novel the simple act of hiring a governess raises the spectres of murder, disguise, and adultery. Her sensation novel was devoured by readers from the Prince of Wales to Joseph Conrad and continued to fascinate

This edition returns for the first time to the racy, slang-ridden narrative of the first edition, rather than the subsequent stylistically 'improved' versions hitherto reproduced by modern editors.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Edition:: Oxford World's Classics

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0192804626

ISBN13:: 9780192804624

kindle Asin:: B089RV6MZP

East Lynne

Mrs. Henry Wood

3.74/5 (4292 ratings)

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When the aristocratic Lady Isabel abandons her husband and children for her wicked seducer, more is at stake than moral retribution.

Ellen Wood played upon the anxieties of the Victorian middle classes who feared a breakdown of the social order as divorce became more readily available and promiscuity threatened the sanctity of the family.

In her novel the simple act of hiring a governess raises the spectres of murder, disguise, and adultery. Her sensation novel was devoured by readers from the Prince of Wales to Joseph Conrad and continued to fascinate

This edition returns for the first time to the racy, slang-ridden narrative of the first edition, rather than the subsequent stylistically 'improved' versions hitherto reproduced by modern editors.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Edition:: Oxford World's Classics

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0192804626

ISBN13:: 9780192804624

kindle Asin:: B089RV6MZP

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