Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Naxos Audiobooks, 2021
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (23hr., 33 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781781983676 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT14095342, 1781983674 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 14095342
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Rachel Atkins
Ellen Wood's sensation novel of 1861 found immediate popularity on its first publication. Its themes of infidelity and double identity attracted a wide range of readers, from the Prince of Wales to Joseph Conrad. Lady Isabel Carlyle leaves her husband and children for the aristocratic Francis Levison who, as it turns out, has no intention of marrying her. Having been disfigured in a train accident, the unrecognizable Isabel then takes up the position of governess to her own children in the Carlyle household, with tragic consequences
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