East Lynne
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2006-04-06 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #3322 |
Description
"East Lynne" by Mrs. Henry Wood is a sensation novel published in 1861. This Victorian bestseller follows Lady Isabel Vane, who loses everything when her father dies and makes a fateful decision to abandon her husband and children for an aristocratic seducer. When betrayal leads to tragedy, Isabel returns in disguise as a governess in her former husband's household, now married to another woman. The novel explores themes of infidelity, identity, and the devastating consequences of impulsive choices in a tale of melodrama and moral reckoning. (This is an automatically generated summary.)