Beeton, Isabella. The Book of Household Management. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Print
This book gives helpful hints on how an ideal Victorian woman should run her house. I used it to compare the women in Lady Audley's Secret to Mrs. Beeton's ideal.
This essay attempts to put Lady Audley's Secret in the context of being read by a middle or lower-middle class reader, rather than by the social elite, and see what elements would have been subversive to them. It shows and analyzes the illustrations of Lady Audley's Secret in The London Journal.
This book also sought to gave information on Victorian fiction in general. However, it also gave information surrounding the publication of Lady Audley's Secret.
This book gives helpful hints on how an ideal Victorian woman should run her house. I used it to compare the women in Lady Audley's Secret to Mrs. Beeton's ideal.
Herbert, Christopher. "The Doctrine Of Survivals, The Great Mutiny, And Lady Audley's Secret." Novel: A Forum On Fiction 42.3 (2009): 431-436. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Dec. 2011.
This essay puts Lady Audley's Secret in context of a popular philosophical doctrine of it's time: The Doctrine of Survivals. Although the Doctrine of Survivals has long been deemed unsound, the essay is useful in that it gives a context to the idea that two natures -- the ideal and the survivor-- are struggling within Lady Audley.
Hughes, Winifred. “The Sensation Novel.” In A Companion to the Victorian Novel. Edited by Patrick Brantlinger and William B. Thesing, 260–278. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005.
This book discusses all of the major literary movements and subjects of the Victorian era. The section on the sensation novel gave some general information as to the history and nature of Victorian sensation fiction.
This book discusses all of the major literary movements and subjects of the Victorian era. The section on the sensation novel gave some general information as to the history and nature of Victorian sensation fiction.
King, Andrew. "Sympathy As Subversion? Reading Lady Audley's Secret In The Kitchen." Journal Of Victorian Culture 7.1 (2002): 60. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Dec. 2011.
This essay attempts to put Lady Audley's Secret in the context of being read by a middle or lower-middle class reader, rather than by the social elite, and see what elements would have been subversive to them. It shows and analyzes the illustrations of Lady Audley's Secret in The London Journal.
Klein, Herbert G. "Strong Women And Feeble Men: Upsetting Gender Stereotypes In Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Lady Audley's Secret." Atenea 28.1 (2008): 161-174. Academic Search Premier. Web. 1 Dec. 2011.
This essay looks at the strangeness of the reversal of gender roles in Lady Audley's Secret. It also revealed that, although weak male side characters are common, having the main character be a weak male is very strange.
Mullin, Katherine. “Braddon , Mary Elizabeth (1835–1915).” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. May 2009. 9 Dec. 2011
This was a short biography of Mary Elizabeth Braddon's life. It puts Lady Audley's Secret in context with it's author, as well as providing information about the events surrounding its publication.
This was a short biography of Mary Elizabeth Braddon's life. It puts Lady Audley's Secret in context with it's author, as well as providing information about the events surrounding its publication.
Nemesvari, Richard. "Robert Audley's Secret: Male Homosocial Desire in Lady Audley's Secret". Studies in the Novel.
27. (1995 Winter): 515-528. Online. 7 Dec 2011
This essay explores the strangeness of Robert Audley, in context of his lack of masculinity. It provides a foundation for the discussion of his possible homosexuality.
27. (1995 Winter): 515-528. Online. 7 Dec 2011This essay explores the strangeness of Robert Audley, in context of his lack of masculinity. It provides a foundation for the discussion of his possible homosexuality.
Steere, Elizabeth Lee. "“'I Thought You Was An Evil Spirit'”: The Hidden Villain Of Lady Audley's Secret." Women's Writing 15.3 (2008): 300-319. Academic Search Premier. Web. 1 Dec. 2011.
This makes the claim that Pheobe Marks is the real criminal in Lady Audley's Secret. It gives a discussion on the connection between the Gothic sense of the supernatural, and the supernatural as it is found in Lady Audley's Secret and other sensation novels.
This makes the claim that Pheobe Marks is the real criminal in Lady Audley's Secret. It gives a discussion on the connection between the Gothic sense of the supernatural, and the supernatural as it is found in Lady Audley's Secret and other sensation novels.
Sutherland, John. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1989. Print.
This book also sought to gave information on Victorian fiction in general. However, it also gave information surrounding the publication of Lady Audley's Secret.
Voskuil, Lynn M. "Acts of Madness: Lady Audley and the Meanings of Victorian Femininity." Feminist Studies. 27.3 (2001): 611-639. JSTOR. Web. 5 Dec 2011
This essay discusses how "authentic" madness was seen to have aesthetic appeal by writers. It discusses how Lady Audley fascinated the public because she portrays this kind loveliness in madness despite her crimes.
This essay discusses how "authentic" madness was seen to have aesthetic appeal by writers. It discusses how Lady Audley fascinated the public because she portrays this kind loveliness in madness despite her crimes.
Wiesenthal, C.S.. “”Ghost haunted”: a trace of Wilkie Collins in Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Lady Audley's secret.” English Language Notes. 28 (1991): 42-49. Humanities Full Text. Web. 10 Dec. 2011.
This essay asserts that Braddon uses similar ghostly techniques as Wilkie Collins does. It is a helpful comparison between Braddon and her contemporaries.
