The Women's Library Book Group
2008-10-30
This month's book group title is Lady Audley’s Secret. Written in 1862, Mary E Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Secret was originally produced in three volumes along with a serialized magazine version. A single volume edition followed later. The book plays on Victorian anxieties about the domestic sphere where the seemingly perfect domestic Lady Audley turns out to be a violent criminal who has not only tried to commit murder, but has also committed bigamy and abandoned her child - making it clear that the ideas of "the perfect lady/mother" and "domestic bliss" were more idealistic than realistic. Our reading group is a welcoming and informal place to discuss a wealth of work by women writers. Please feel free to attend occasionally or regularly. Read the book and come and share your thoughts! £5 including refreshments. 6.45pm. To book call 020 7320 2222 or email moreinfo@thewomenslibrary.ac.uk