East Lynne: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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East Lynne is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Wood, Henry, Mrs. (1814–1887).
Catalogue synopsis
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"East Lynne" by Mrs. Henry Wood is a sensation novel published in 1861. This Victorian bestseller follows Lady Isabel Vane, who loses everything when her father dies and makes a fateful decision to abandon her husband and children for an aristocratic seducer. When betrayal leads to tragedy, Isabel returns in disguise as a governess in her former husband's household, now married to another woman. The novel explores themes of infidelity, identity, and the devastating consequences of impulsive choices in a tale of melodrama and moral reckoning.
Book and edition facts
- Title: East Lynne
- Author credits: Wood, Henry, Mrs. (1814–1887)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Accident victims -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- England -- Fiction
- France -- Fiction
- Governesses -- Fiction
- Illegitimate children -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Runaway wives -- Fiction
- Seduction -- Fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Novels
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