Title: In Lady Audley's shadow
Description: This text is devoted to Mary Elizabeth Braddon's complex relationship with the three main Victorian literary genres. Using Braddon's 'Lady Audley's Secret' as a 'haunting' textual presence across her literary career, this study provides a critical reading of a wide range of her novels and short stories.
Subjects: History and criticism, Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English, Sensationalism in literature, Realism in literature, English Detective and mystery stories, Criticism and interpretation, Gothic fiction (literary genre), Detective and mystery stories, Realism in art, English drama, history and criticism
People: M. E. Braddon (1835-1915)