East Lynne (Broadview Literary Texts) - Softcover

Wood, Ellen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551112345 ISBN 13: 9781551112343

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2000

Synopsis

Lady Isabel Carlyle, a beautiful and refined young woman, leaves her hard-working but neglectful lawyer-husband and her infant children to elope with an aristocratic suitor. After he deserts her, and she bears their illegitimate child, Lady Isabel disguises herself and takes the position of governess in the household of her husband and his new wife.

East Lynne is the archetypal sensation novel, filled with disaster, guilt and repentance. It also documents the growing protest against the rigid roles prescribed for Victorian women. Among the many appendices included are a selection of Victorian medical views on men, women, and sexuality.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The Broadview Literary Texts series is an effort to represent the ever-changing canon of literature in English by bringing together texts long regarded as classics with valuable, though lesser-known literature.

About the Author:

Andrew Maunder, a lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities, University of Hertforshire, has written on Christina Rossetti, Anthony Trollope and on Cornhill Magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1551112345
• ISBN 13: 9781551112343
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 784
• Editor: Maunder Andrew