Aurora Floyd /
With Lady Audley's Secret, Mary Elizabeth Braddon had established herself, alongside Wilkie Collins and Mrs Henry Wood, as one of the ruling triumvirate of 'sensation novelists'. Aurora Floyd, following hot on its heels, achieved almost equal popularity and notoriety. P.D. Edwards...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Oxford world's classics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | With Lady Audley's Secret, Mary Elizabeth Braddon had established herself, alongside Wilkie Collins and Mrs Henry Wood, as one of the ruling triumvirate of 'sensation novelists'. Aurora Floyd, following hot on its heels, achieved almost equal popularity and notoriety. P.D. Edwards's introduction evaluates the novel's leading place among 'bigamy-novels' and Braddon's treatment of the power struggle between the sexes, as well as considering the similarities between the author and her heroine. |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 1996. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 474 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780191923067 (ebook) : |
| DOI: | 10.1093/owc/9780199555161.001.0001 |