Lady Audley’s Secret
work by Braddon
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Lady Audley's Secret is a sensation novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, published in 1862. It was the most successful of its kind during the 1860s. The novel tells a sensational story of crime within high society, yet it managed to remain within the bounds of Victorian propriety. Braddon wrote over 70 novels, often producing two per year, and demonstrated skill in social observation and creating atmosphere in her fiction.1
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