02818nam 2200529 a 450 991015434150332120221108032844.00-19-160464-X(CKB)2550000001219462(StDuBDS)AH21617871(EXLCZ)99255000000121946220041007d2005 uy fengur|||||||||||East Lynne[electronic resource] /Ellen Wood ; edited with an introduction and notes by Elisabeth JayOxford Oxford University Press20051 online resource (l, 644 p.) Oxford world's classicsIncludes bibliographical references.When the aristocratic Lady Isabel abandons her husband & children for her wicked seducer, more is at stake than moral retribution. This edition returns for the first time to the racy, slang-ridden narrative of the first edition, rather than the subsequent stylistically 'improved' versions.'Coward! Sneak! May good men shun him, from henceforth! may his Queen refuse to receive him! You, an earl's daughter! Oh, Isabel! How utterly you have lost yourself!' When the aristocratic Lady Isabel abandons her husband and children for her wicked seducer, more is at stake than moral retribution. Ellen Wood played upon the anxieties of the Victorian middle classes who feared a breakdown of the social order as divorce became more readily available and promiscuity threatened the sanctity of the family. In her novel the simple act of hiring a governess raises the spectres of murder, disguise, and adultery. Her sensation novel was devoured by readers from the Prince of Wales to Joseph Conrad and continued to fascinate theatre-goers and cinema audiences well into the next century. This edition returns for the first time to the racy, slang-ridden narrative of the first edition, rather than the subsequent stylistically 'improved' versions hitherto reproduced by modern editors.Runaway wivesFictionIllegitimate childrenFictionAccident victimsFictionGovernessesFictionSeductionFictionEnglandFictionFranceFictionPsychological fiction.Classics.eflchElectronic books.lcshRunaway wivesIllegitimate childrenAccident victimsGovernessesSeduction823.8Wood HenryMrs.,1814-1887.805373Jay Elisabeth384673StDuBDSStDuBDSStDuBDSZUkPrAHLSBOOK9910154341503321East Lynne2960951UNINA