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Lady Audley's Secret is a sensation novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon published on 26 May 1862. [1] It was Braddon's most successful and well-known novel. Critic John Sutherland (1989) described the work as "the most sensationally successful of all the sensation novels". [ 1 ]
Writing. Portrait of Mary Elizabeth Braddon by William Powell Frith, 1865. Braddon was a prolific writer, producing more than 80 novels with inventive plots. The most famous is Lady Audley's Secret (1862), which won her recognition and a fortune as a bestseller. [3]
The social anxiety regarding identity is reflected in novels such as The Woman in White and Lady Audley's Secret. [ 5 ] Sensation fiction is commonly seen to have emerged as a definable genre in the wake of three novels: Wilkie Collins ' The Woman in White (1860); Mrs. Henry Wood 's East Lynne (1861); and Mary Elizabeth Braddon 's Lady Audley's ...
Lady Audley was diabolically wicked; Aurora Floyd, her successor, was simply foolish, or indiscreet, or indelicate-- or anything you please to say of a young woman who runs off with a hostler. But as bigamy had been the cause of Lady Audley's crimes, so it is the cause of Aurora's woes.
Lady Audley's Secret is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Jack Denton and starring Margaret Bannerman, Manning Haynes and Betty Farquhar. [1] It was an adaptation of the 1862 novel Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon .
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Margaret Bannerman (born Marguerite Grand; December 15, 1896 – June 14, 1976) was a Canadian actress. [1] She is known for her work in the English films The Gay Lord Quex, Lady Audley's Secret and Hindle Wakes.
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