Ellen Wood - East Lynne [Naxos] torrent

Category: Other
Language: English
Keywords: Literature 19th Century Melodrama Class Status

Written by Ellen Wood
Read by Rachel Atkins
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps


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.