Mary Braddon Classics: Lady Audley's Secret
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Paperback
(Independently published, July 8, 2020)
The novel opens with the marriage in June 1857, of Lucy Graham, a beautiful, childlike blonde who enchants almost all who meet her, to Sir Michael Audley, a middle-aged, rich, and kind widower. Lucy was a governess for the local doctor, Mr. Dawson, until her marriage.