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Aurora Floyd / Mary Elizabeth Braddon ; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by P. D. Edwards. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - XXIV, [2], 474 strony ; 20 cm.

(Oxford World's Classics - Oxford University Press)

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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (1837-1915). Edwards, Peter David.

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With Lady Audley's Secret, Mary Elizabeth Braddon had established herself, alongside Wilkie Collins and Mrs Henry Wood, as one of the ruling triumvirate of `sensation novelists'. Aurora Floyd (1862-3), following hot on its heels, achieved almost equal popularity and notoriety. Like Lady Audley, Aurora is a beautiful young woman bigamously married and threatened with exposure by a blackmailer. But in Aurora Floyd, and in many of the novels written in imitation of it, bigamy is little more than a euphemism, a device to enable the heroine, and vicariously the reader, to enjoy the forbidden sweets of adultery without adulterous intentions. Passionate, sometimes violent, Aurora does succeed in enjoying them, her desires scarcely chastened by her disastrous first marriage. She represents a challenge to the mid-Victorian sexual code, and particularly to the feminine ideal of simpering, angelic young ladyhood. P. D. Edward's introduction evaluates the novel's leading place among `bigamy-novels' and Braddon's treatment of the power struggle between the sexes, as well as considering the similarities between the author and her heroine.

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Rachel Ray / Anthony Trollope ; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by P. D. Edwards. - Wydanie 3. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - XXXVI, 415 stron ; 20 cm.

(Oxford World's Classics - Oxford University Press)

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Trollope, Anthony (1815-1882). Edwards, Peter David.

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Rachel Ray offers a masterly and entertaining evocation of a small community living its life in mid-nineteenth-century England. The novel first appeared in 1863, a year in which public reaction against the excesses of the popular sensationalist novel prompted Trollope to state that he was writing about "the commonest details of commonplace life among the most ordinary people." About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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