{"product_id":"9781961884380","title":"Lady Audley's Secret","description":"Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781961884380\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Unnamed Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Sep 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 500\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003e magazine 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\u003e probes 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","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46875649441950,"sku":"ADS-9781961884380","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781961884380.jpg?v=1779754675","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781961884380","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}