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819 reviews for:
Il segreto di Lady Audley
Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Chiara Vatteroni, Sandra Petrignani
3.74 AVERAGE
819 reviews for:
Il segreto di Lady Audley
Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Chiara Vatteroni, Sandra Petrignani
3.74 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Inventive, sensational and bitingly funny. I was intrigued by this story even though my University lecturer had already 'spoiled' it for me. Read it!
I had never heard of this book or this prolific, popular author until it was chosen for my classics book group. It is part of the origin of the detective story genre. There's a lazy gentleman frittering his life away, until his friend disappears, whereupon he becomes a sleuth, and uncovers all of the titular secrets. There are many improbable coincidences; interesting detail about travel, communication, and identification; and period-appropriate morality: if you are a woman, the only virtue that matters for you is chastity. If you do not keep your sexual parts to the exclusive use of zero or one man, you are toxic and irredeemable. Also, when two men love each other very much, one must marry the other's sister.
Now makes up one on the list of the few Victorian novels (<5) I have not enjoyed reading.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Murder
Apparently I read this 5 years ago but very little of it stuck with me, even though it's a pretty wild read. I enjoyed it more after listening to class lectures / discussions about Lady Audley as a commodity, out of place at Audley Court and trying to gain autonomy.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced