Lady Audley’s Secret
Beautiful and charming, Lucy Graham rises from governess to the wife of wealthy Sir Michael Audley, but her past will not stay buried. When Robert Audley’s close friend George Talboys disappears after a visit to the estate, Robert turns amateur detective and slowly uncovers the lies, bigamy, and worse that his new aunt has concealed. Braddon’s runaway bestseller helped define the Victorian sensation novel, wrapping crime and scandal inside a respectable country-house setting and questioning just how much lay hidden behind proper appearances. Published in 1862, it remains a gripping and quietly subversive page-turner. This free PDF and EPUB edition offers the complete novel.
About the Author
Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915) was a hugely popular English novelist and a leading writer of sensation fiction. Lady Audley’s Secret was one of the best-selling novels of the nineteenth century.
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Lady Audley’s Secret (1862) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01 – Lucy | 28:55 | |
| 2 | 02 – On Board the Argus | 26:02 | |
| 3 | 03 – Hidden Relics | 16:13 | |
| 4 | 04 – In the First Page of ‘The Times’ | 11:20 | |
| 5 | 05 – The Headstone at Ventnor | 12:23 | |
| 6 | 06 – Anywhere, Anywhere Out of the World | 11:21 | |
| 7 | 07 – After a Year | 24:33 | |
| 8 | 08 – Before the Storm | 24:37 | |
| 9 | 09 – After the Storm | 14:34 | |
| 10 | 10 – Missing | 8:22 | |
| 11 | 11 – The Mark Upon My Lady’s Wrist | 11:36 | |
| 12 | 12 – Still Missing | 10:26 | |
| 13 | 13 – Troubled Dreams | 14:51 | |
| 14 | 14 – Phoebe’s Suitor | 16:44 | |
| 15 | 15 – On the Watch | 23:15 | |
| 16 | 16 – Robert Audley Gets His Conge | 18:10 | |
| 17 | 17 – At the Castle Inn | 12:01 | |
| 18 | 18 – Robert Receives a Visitor Whom He Had Scarcely Expected | 12:20 | |
| 19 | 19 – The Writing in the Book | 25:45 | |
| 20 | 20 – Mrs. Plowson | 16:20 | |
| 21 | 21 – Little Georgey Leaves His Old Home | 26:20 | |
| 22 | 22 – Coming to a Standstill | 28:30 | |
| 23 | 23 – Clara | 17:05 | |
| 24 | 24 – George’s Letters | 15:48 | |
| 25 | 25 – Retrograde Investigation | 31:53 | |
| 26 | 26 – So Far and No Farther | 24:47 | |
| 27 | 27 – Beginning at the Other End | 23:14 | |
| 28 | 28 – Hidden in the Grave | 19:29 | |
| 29 | 29 – In the Lime-Walk | 35:26 | |
| 30 | 30 – Preparing the Ground | 23:12 | |
| 31 | 31 – Phoebe’s Petition | 28:39 | |
| 32 | 32 – The Red Light in the Sky | 36:14 | |
| 33 | 33 – The Bearer of the Tidings | 30:02 | |
| 34 | 34 – My Lady Tells the Truth | 32:45 | |
| 35 | 35 – The Hush That Succeeds the Tempest | 23:26 | |
| 36 | 36 – Doctor Mosgrave’s Advice | 17:18 | |
| 37 | 37 – Buried Alive | 22:03 | |
| 38 | 38 – Ghost-Haunted | 58:12 | |
| 39 | 39 – Restored | 17:55 | |
| 40 | 40 – At Peace | 4:39 |
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