Lady Audley's Secret By Mary Elizabeth Braddon: A Literary Analysis

The Victorian era was a period of industrialization and changes in everyday life. The Victorian period formally began the year Victoria became queen of England (1837). In fact, the Victorian period lasted twice longer than the Romantic period. Because of this, the Victorian period includes more variety than the romantic era. Subsequently, the period lasted 64 years ending in 1901, with the death of Queen Victoria. Actually, many Victorian narrators and protagonist frequently spread stereotypes about gender, class, and race. Moreover, they believed that lower classes and other races were viewed as inferior. In addition, they were treated as if they were criminal, childlike, and dirty. Queen Victoria had nine children and for her and most of …show more content…
This story is about this woman named Lucy Graham who was charmed by the people of the village. Later on, she married Sir Micheal Audley who was a wealthy man. In effect, by marrying Sir Audley she became Lady Audley. Meanwhile, George Talboys was returning to England from Australia because of a job that he had in Australia. Primarily, he returned to reunite with his wife, Helen, and his only son. Next, when George arrives he is shocked to hear that his wife passed away and got very depressed and started feeling very lonely. On the other hand, Robert, Sir Micheal’s nephew and George’s friend, decides to take George so he could clear his mind from everything. After that, Robert wanted for George to visit Audley Court, but Lady Audley was always postponing it every time. Following that, on night George and Lady Audley ran into each other becoming very anxious and terrified. The next time, George tried to meet with Lady Audley when he suddenly disappears. As a result, Robert starts to get very suspicious about Lady Audley when he finally finds out the truth about her. One day Robert went to Lady Audley saying that he knew the truth about her and if she didn’t confess everything to Sir Micheal he would say everything. Without a doubt, she went to Sir Micheal and told her true story. She explained him that she was abandoned by her first husband, George Talboys, and that she was very angry …show more content…
Initially, it is about Jude, the protagonist, who wants to go to this specific university in Chrisminster because in that university went, the person who inspired him, Richard Phillotson. Above all, he was an Orphan and was raised by his aunt. As a consequence, her aunt led him into a career of stonemason. Otherwise, Jude falls in love with a woman called Arabella. On the other hand, their marriage wasn’t healthy. It seemed like they weren’t in love. After a long time, their marriage became irritable and Arabella decides to go to Australia. Later on, Jude meets one day his cousin Sue and tries not to fall in love with her. In the same manner, both Sue and Jude were unhappily married. After a short while, Sue left her husband, Richard, to live with Jude. Therefore, they both got divorced with their previous couple but Sue didn’t want to remarry. Not long after, Arabella reveals that Jude has a son in Australia, meaning that she was pregnant when she left to Australia and she wants to give Jude his son. Sue and Jude took care of him along with their other two children of their own. Thereafter, they had some trouble finding a place to stay for a while just because they weren’t married. The only way they could stay was by staying on separated rooms. Consequently, Jude was in a different room from Sue and the children. Then, Sue decides to go for a while to Jude’s room in the