EPISODE16: Mary Elizabeth Braddon, "Lady Audley’s Secret" (1862), Part Three

Vol. 3, Chapters 1-6. 0:00—In her hands. 2:49—Wrestling with a mad woman. 6:28—His pretty nurse & a monster. 11:26—Will anything stop him? 13:05—Staring into the fire. 19:04—Back to normal. 21:42—Interlude. 22:53—No longer a woman. 26:10—A public hanging. 27:44—Lady Audley’s mother’s secret. 29:00—Marriage & madness. 31:10—Becoming (and remaining) Lady Audley. 32:52—Sir Michaels distress. 33:39—Mania sans delire. 37:20—She is dangerous. 38:21—Diminished, disheveled & discolored. 42:16—This creature. 43:18—Interlude.

Vol. 3, Chapters 7-10. 43:51—The Indian Mutiny. 47:16—Luke on his deathbed. 49:28—Her bounden slave. 50:25—His lost friend. 50:42—An Edenic conclusion. 53:40—Wrestling with Lady Audley. 1:00:15—Matters religious. 1:05:06—Sympathizing with Lady Audley. 11:14:30—Mary Braddon’s secret. 1:19:34—Closing.

Text: Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley's Secret. 1862. Oxford Univ. Press, 2012.

Interludes: Beethoven, Piano Sonata 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 (1804-06), performed by Stephen Kopp.

Illustration: M. E. Braddon, wood engraving by Edward Linley Sambourne, Punch (5 March 1881), from The Victorian Web.

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Thanks to Professor Anna Gibson and the students of English 453: Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature (The Sensation Novel), NCSU Fall 2022.