East Lynne
Jun 2017 · Open Road Media
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A married aristocratic woman succumbs to desire in this nineteenth-century English novel.
Lady Isabel Vane married for all the wrong reasons—only to one day find her lawyer husband neglecting her for another woman. Seething with jealousy, she leaves behind her husband and their child for the flirtatious Francis Levison. It’s a risk she takes willingly, but it comes with a heavy price that will lead her to the depths of despair and a quest for redemption.
A classic page-turner from the “sensation novel” trend in England, East Lynne plays upon the Victorian fears of infidelity, promiscuity, and divorce. A tale of disaster, disguise, and adultery, it continues to surprise readers today.
Lady Isabel Vane married for all the wrong reasons—only to one day find her lawyer husband neglecting her for another woman. Seething with jealousy, she leaves behind her husband and their child for the flirtatious Francis Levison. It’s a risk she takes willingly, but it comes with a heavy price that will lead her to the depths of despair and a quest for redemption.
A classic page-turner from the “sensation novel” trend in England, East Lynne plays upon the Victorian fears of infidelity, promiscuity, and divorce. A tale of disaster, disguise, and adultery, it continues to surprise readers today.
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September 28, 2021
The story was about so many things.. a murder, a man on the run, a jealous wife, an evil man, an honorable one, lot of heartaches, court trials, etc.. a very long story, dragging too much on the identity of Captain Thorn, but it kept me going for i want to know what will become of lady isabel.. not a typical (nowaday author) regency story, the ending was a bit anticlimax (for me).. i feel lady isabel explanation at the end unsatisfying, for Miss Carlyle is the one who suggested to hire Wilson (whose whispers influenced isabel's state of mind) & archibald who let her sister take control over the household & invited the villain to his home despite the warnings) was not made aware of their part which lead to the regretful event.. but i enjoy this very much, and will definitely check other books by Mrs. Wood
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Born Ellen Wood, Mrs. Henry Wood (1814–1887) was an English novelist who specialized in sensation novels. Wood was born with a deforming spinal curvature, and although it lasted throughout her life, it did not affect her studies of literature. In 1836, she married Henry Wood, but when he left the family (for reasons unknown), Wood wrote short stories for numerous periodicals to support her children. She followed this with her first novel, Danesbury House, and later achieved critical acclaim with East Lynne. Wood purchased and ran the controversial periodical Argosy, which she edited until her passing.
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