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East Lynne

Mrs Henry Wood

"When the aristocratic Lady Isabel abandons her husband and children for her wicked seducer, more is at stake than moral retribution. Ellen Wood played upon the anxieties of the Victorian middle classes who feared a breakdown of the social order as divorce became more readily available and promiscuity threatened the sanctity of the family. In her novel the simple act of hiring a governess raises the spectres of murder, disguise, and adultery. Her sensation novel was devoured by readers from the Prince of Wales to Joseph Conrad and continued to fascinate theatre-goers and cinema audiences well into the next century." --

GenresRunaway wivesFictionIllegitimate childrenAccident victimsGovernessesSeduction

644 pages, 22 editions

English edition · First published 1861 by Oxford university press · ISBN 9780199536030

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Editions

22 editions

English

  • East Lynne · Oxford university press · 2008 · ISBN 9780199536030 This page
  • East Lynne · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 2025 · ISBN 9781023125796
  • East Lynne · Independently published · 2023 · ISBN 9798862825374
  • East Lynne · Independently published · 2023 · ISBN 9798862825657
  • East Lynne · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 2022 · ISBN 9781017454970
  • East Lynne · Naxos and Blackstone Publishing · 2021 · ISBN 9781665061322
  • East Lynne · Independently published · 2020 · ISBN 9798650974413
  • East Lynne · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2018 · ISBN 9781985307179
  • East Lynne · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2017 · ISBN 9781976350269
  • East Lynne · Open Road Media · 2017 · ISBN 9781504045780
  • East Lynne · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 2016 · ISBN 9781356285716
  • East Lynne · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 2016 · ISBN 9781362042372
  • East Lynne · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 2016 · ISBN 9781362042419
  • East Lynne · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2015 · ISBN 9781506165332
  • East Lynne · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2014 · ISBN 9781505616842
  • East Lynne · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2012 · ISBN 9781475129342
  • East Lynne. · British Library, Historical Print Editions · 2011 · ISBN 9781241228736
  • East Lynne · Dodo Press · 2008 · ISBN 9781406571738
  • East Lynne · Kessinger Publishing, LLC · 2004 · ISBN 9781419117176
  • East Lynne · IndyPublish.com · 2003 · ISBN 9781404359635
  • East Lynne · Wildside Press, LLC · 2002 · ISBN 9781592247820
  • East Lynne · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 1861 · ISBN 9780750904469

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