Lady Audley's Secret [with Biographical Introduction] - Kindle edition by Braddon, Mary Elizabeth. Everyone in the village is charmed by her, including Sir Michael Audley, who was instantly smitten with her youth, beauty, and sweet demeanor. One way the novel does this is through the contrast of exteriors against interiors. https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Audleys-Secret-Neve-McIntosh/dp/B0007TKOGE Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. It uses the domestic setting of sensation novels to explore outward appearance to morality. Lady Audley’s Secret uses the sensation genre to question the difference between appearance and reality. Lady Audley’s Secret usurps the power of the patriarchy by allowing the Lucy to dictate her story, within an ill-defined space between sanity and insanity, thus empowering her even in her madness. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg. Even more amazing was the discovery of her own life story. "There was a fire last night at Mount Stanning, Lady Audley," the pitiless voice proceeded; "the Castle Inn, the house in which I slept, was burned to the ground. Braddon published Lady Audley's Secret when she was only 27, astonishing considering the virtuoso technique it displays. Published serially in 1862, it tells the story of the lovely Lucy Graham, who becomes Lady Audley at the beginning of the novel, and who conceals a scandalous secret from her new husband and his family. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/588747.Lady_Audley_s_Secret In their absence, Alicia shows George and Robert a secret passageway into Lady Audley’s private quarters, where they view a portrait of the lady. The novel centers on a young woman, Lucy Graham, a governess working in the village of Audley. Eventally, Robert and George visit while Lady Audley and Sir Michael are away, responding to a telegram Lady Audley received from her dying former employer, Mrs. Vincent. 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