Description
A striking Victorian heroine, Aurora Floyd—beautiful, clever, and newly returned from Paris—seems to have everything, yet her past threatens to unravel her carefully arranged future. As she draws the attention of two very different men, one honorable and devoted and the other socially ambitious and calculating, love becomes entangled with deception, class pressure, and the dangerous aftershocks of earlier choices. When suspicion turns and secrets surface, the novel explores whether affection can endure betrayal—and what society does to women when their histories are treated as crimes. With Braddon’s brisk, melodramatic storytelling and sharp psychological insight, this classic delivers suspense, domestic intrigue, and a nuanced look at female agency in a world determined to judge and control it.
Available Editions
paperback
Garland Pub.
Published Jan 1, 1979
344 pages
ISBN: 0824043502
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Details
First Published
1863
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Aurora Floyd by Mary Elizabeth Braddon.