The orphaned daughter of a ruined earl, Lady Isabel Vane marries the upright lawyer Archibald Carlyle and goes to live at East Lynne, his estate near West Lynne. Jealousy and a seducer’s lies drive her to abandon husband and children, while a local murder hangs over Richard Hare, brother of Barbara Hare, who has long loved Carlyle herself.
Among the great Victorian sensation novels, endlessly adapted for the stage, for readers who enjoy secrets, scandal and tears. Download the free EPUB.