East Lynne
Popularity 11
"This book looks at the anxieties of the Victorian middle classes who feared a breakdown of the social order as divorce became more readily available and promiscuity threatened the sanctity of the family. In this novel the simple act of hiring a governess raises the spectres of murder, disguise, and adultery"--Provided by publisher.
Married womenSeductionFrenchFictionDramaMurderersGovernessesAccident victimsIllegitimate childrenRunaway wivesEngland, fictionFrance, fiction