Book Talk: "Lady Audley's Secret", a Victorian sensation novel from 1862 by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Be sure to find my books on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/... In this video we're discussing Mary Elizabeth Braddon's 1862 sensation novel, "Lady Audley's Secret." We talk about the differences in 19th-century divorce laws in England vs. America, the role of dramatic fiction in society, and the differences between things written for shock value versus more realistic accounts of history. Our cats join us while we chat.

My Tales of Chetzemoka Cycling Club Historical Fiction book series:
1 "First Wheel in Town: A Victorian Cycling Club Romance" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
2 "Love Will Find A Wheel: A Victorian Cycling Club Romance" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
3 "A Rapping At the Door: A Victorian Cycling Club Suspense Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
4 "Delivery Delayed: A Victorian Cycling Club Romance" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
5 "A Trip And A Tumble: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
6 "Three Women Awheel: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
7 "Spark's Press: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
8 "A Bumpy Road to Marriage: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C...
9 "Where the Sea Turns A Corner: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F...

My non-fiction:
2020: A Private Diary From A Time When Humanity Went Mad but (despite predictions to the contrary) the World Didn't End https://tinyurl.com/yfskwc74
Victorian Secrets https://tinyurl.com/5y74dnk2
This Victorian Life https://tinyurl.com/bdfns6mt

My Victorian anthologies
A Rose Commencement (Graduation stories for girls and young women) https://tinyurl.com/3ynnt4cr
Christmas Every Day https://tinyurl.com/4ae8cmhr
The Haunted Wheel https://tinyurl.com/ff4x7up4
Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving And Some Old-Time Folks: Victorian Thanksgiving Stories, Articles, Recipes and Menus From the 19th-Century: https://tinyurl.com/3444uada

Quotations of Quality https://tinyurl.com/4s3hd6jy
True Ladies and Proper Gentlemen https://tinyurl.com/ykabd4sm

Poetry
A Bouquet of Victorian Roses https://tinyurl.com/yp6fbpcj
A Christmas Wish https://tinyurl.com/yck5jnsp
Love's Messenger https://tinyurl.com/56bb55nc
The Wheelman's Joy https://tinyurl.com/yk6f8emk
Words for Parting: Victorian Poetry on Death and Mourning https://tinyurl.com/aa7ny264

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