{"product_id":"lady-audleys-secret","title":"Lady Audley's Secret","description":"\u003cp\u003ePart of the \u003cb\u003eSmith \u0026amp; Taylor Classics\u003c\/b\u003e series, this elegant edition revives one of Victorian literature's most thrilling and subversive novels. \u003c\/p\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\u003efirst 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\u003eprobes 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\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a conversational afterword from writers Sarah Weinman and Rachel Vorona Cote. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smith \u0026 Taylor Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51953338155239,"sku":"9781961884380","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_d8870a04-05de-409c-ad14-25a5855f1ba5.jpg?v=1775659786","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/lady-audleys-secret","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}