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By John Glenn - November 24, 2003

Mary Elizabeth Braddon's sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret presents the astonishing and cynical notion that the "sort of surprise at the fictional company one is keeping, or at the view of the world... is central to a whole genre of fiction" (Introduction). In the story Braddon's plot reflects this idea through mischievous action and mystery…

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