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East Lynne. East Lynne is an English sensation novel of 1861 by Ellen Wood, writing as Mrs Henry Wood. A Victorian best-seller, it is remembered chiefly for its elaborate and implausible plot, centring on infidelity and double identities. There have been numerous stage and film adaptations.
Aug 21, 2019 · Published in three volumes in 1861, East Lynne by Ellen (Mrs Henry) Wood became one of the best-selling novels of the nineteenth century. Melodramatic and sentimental, it had cross-class appeal, and its fame was bolstered by the numerous stage adaptations made of it: the role of its heroine Isabel Vane becoming (like Nancy in Oliver Twist) a favorite part of the repertoire for actresses.
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East Lynne repeatedly shows sensation motifs as peripheral, emphasising instead the centrality of domestic female experience. Throughout the novel a carefully orchestrated series of domestic scenes allows the narrator to explore the ways in which femininity is played out across the different classes, through role playing and mirroring ...
Notable Works: “East Lynne”. Mrs. Henry Wood (born Jan. 17, 1814, Worcester, Worcestershire, Eng.—died Feb. 10, 1887, London) was an English novelist who wrote the sensational and extremely popular East Lynne (1861), a melodramatic and moralizing tale of the fall of virtue. Translated into many languages, it was dramatized with great ...
Dec 29, 1982 · East Lynne: Directed by David Green. With Lisa Eichhorn, Martin Shaw, Gemma Craven, Tim Woodward. Based on the bestselling 1861 English novel by Ellen Wood. In 1845 An aristocrat's gives his only daughter ( lady Isabelle) an elaborate coming of age birthday party ( on credit) on their large East Lynne property where important plot characters are intriduced.
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- David Green
- 1982-12-29
She leads a life of bliss at the family estate, East Lynne, until she suspects Archibald of infidelity with Barbara Hare, who has come to East Lynne to seek his legal advice.
Based on the bestselling 1861 English novel by Ellen Wood. In 1845 An aristocrat's gives his only daughter ( lady Isabelle) an elaborate coming of age birthday party ( on credit) on their large ...
