# East Lynne

By Henry Wood, Mrs..

"East Lynne" by Mrs. Henry Wood is a sensation novel published in 1861. This Victorian bestseller follows Lady Isabel Vane, who loses everything when her father dies and makes a fateful decision to abandon her husband and children for an aristocratic seducer. When betrayal leads to tragedy, Isabel returns in disguise as a governess in her former husband's household, now married to another woman. The novel explores themes of infidelity, identity, and the devastating consequences of impulsive choices in a tale of melodrama and moral reckoning. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: England -- Fiction; Psychological fiction; Domestic fiction; Governesses -- Fiction; Illegitimate children -- Fiction; France -- Fiction; Accident victims -- Fiction; Seduction -- Fiction; Runaway wives -- Fiction

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- [East Lynne](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/2575) by Mrs. Henry Wood (21 h 48 min, English)

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