{"product_id":"lady-audleys-secret-9781961884380","title":"Lady Audley's Secret","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Graham, radiantly beautiful, born to poverty, and Sir Michael Audley, aging aristocratic widower and fabulously wealthy, are married soon after first glance. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife is peaceful at old Audley Court until the arrival of Robert Audley- Sir Michael's nephew- and his friend George Talboys, who is home again after making his fortune in Australia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen George mysteriously disappears, Robert takes it upon himself to find him again. Developing a detective's eye, following disturbing clue after clue, Robert becomes convinced his alluring Aunt Lucy isn't as innocent, or possibly as sane, as she seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLady Audley's Secret\u003c\/i\u003e first appeared in\u003ci\u003e Robin Goodfellow \u003c\/i\u003emagazine in 1861, establishing it as a \"sensational\" novel to rival Wilkie Collins' \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in White\u003c\/i\u003e (1860). A cunningly plotted mystery novel as sensual as a Pre-Raphaelite portrait, \u003ci\u003eLady Audley's Secret \u003c\/i\u003eprobes mid-Victorian anxieties about the rapid rise of consumerism with the invention of one of literature's great villainesses who goes to great lengths to secure her greatest desires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Smith \u0026amp; Taylor Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781961884380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 500","brand":"Mary Elizabeth Braddon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45169512513717,"sku":"9781961884380","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ddf93e61-ba54-4e43-8347-f4d540e5b197.jpg?v=1741703394","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lady-audleys-secret-9781961884380","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}