LEADER 02818nam 2200529 a 450 001 9910154341503321 005 20221108032844.0 010 $a0-19-160464-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000001219462 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH21617871 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001219462 100 $a20041007d2005 uy f 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 200 10$aEast Lynne$b[electronic resource] /$fEllen Wood ; edited with an introduction and notes by Elisabeth Jay 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (l, 644 p.) 225 0$aOxford world's classics 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aWhen 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. 330 $b'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. 606 $aRunaway wives$vFiction 606 $aIllegitimate children$vFiction 606 $aAccident victims$vFiction 606 $aGovernesses$vFiction 606 $aSeduction$vFiction 607 $aEngland$vFiction 607 $aFrance$vFiction 608 $aPsychological fiction. 608 $aClassics.$2eflch 608 $aElectronic books.$2lcsh 615 0$aRunaway wives 615 0$aIllegitimate children 615 0$aAccident victims 615 0$aGovernesses 615 0$aSeduction 676 $a823.8 700 $aWood$b Henry$cMrs.,$f1814-1887.$0805373 701 $aJay$b Elisabeth$0384673 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 801 2$bUkPrAHLS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154341503321 996 $aEast Lynne$92960951 997 $aUNINA