![]() This is because of what I consider to be the skilful handling of the central character. ![]() I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.įirst published in serial form from 1860 to 1861, it is one of the books which helped define the "Sensation Novel" of the 1860s, yet - despite the heroine's adultery at the heart of the novel and her subsequent return heavily disguised as the governess of her children and the arrest of the corpse of her father- it is less extreme than many other books of this genre. Yet it is also extremely well-plotted, fast and intriguing, and introduces us to someone who to my mind is one of the more interesting heroines in Victorian literature. Certainly it is moralistic, overly sentimental and Ellen Wood's writing style seldom rises above the workmanlike. ![]() East Lynne was one of the most popular novels of the 19th Century, yet, as is usually the case, its critical reception did not match its popular sales. ![]()
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