{"product_id":"lady-audleys-secret-paperback-7","title":"Lady Audley's Secret - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Elizabeth Braddon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNatalie M. Houston\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This intelligent edition offers a wonderful introduction not just to \u003cem\u003eLady Audley's Secret\u003c\/em\u003e, but to the whole publishing phenomenon of sensation fiction.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eKate Flint, Rutgers University\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eLady Audley's Secret\u003c\/em\u003e (1862) was one of the most widely read novels in the Victorian period. The novel exemplifies \"sensation fiction\" in featuring a beautiful criminal heroine, an amateur detective, blackmail, arson, violence, and plenty of suspenseful action. To its contemporary readers, it also offered the thrill of uncovering blackmail and criminal violence within the homes of the upper class. The novel makes trenchant critiques of Victorian gender roles and social stereotypes, and it creates significant sympathy for the heroine, despite her criminal acts, as she suffers from the injustices of the \"marriage market\" and rebels against them. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and a broad selection of primary source material, including reproductions of the twenty-two woodcut illustrations from the \u003cem\u003eLondon Journal\u003c\/em\u003e serialization of the novel, extracts from two Victorian dramatizations of the work, satirical commentaries, and contemporary reviews. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNatalie M. Houston\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Houston. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 510\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42730525622335,"sku":"9781551113579","price":40.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/42f5bd8be1d50bcc1f82c495db01b2e5.webp?v=1765126121","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/lady-audleys-secret-paperback-7","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}