{"product_id":"aurora-floyd-9780199555161","title":"Aurora Floyd","description":"With \u003cem\u003eLady Audley's Secret\u003c\/em\u003e, Mary Elizabeth Braddon had established herself, alongside Wilkie Collins and Mrs Henry Wood, as one of the ruling triumvirate of  sensation novelists'. \u003cem\u003eAurora Floyd\u003c\/em\u003e (1862-3), following hot on its heels, achieved almost equal popularity and notoriety. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike Lady Audley, Aurora is a beautiful young woman bigamously married and threatened with exposure by a blackmailer. But in \u003cem\u003eAurora Floyd\u003c\/em\u003e, and in many of the novels written in imitation of it, bigamy is little more than a euphemism, a device to enable the heroine, and vicariously the reader, to enjoy the forbidden sweets of adultery without adulterous intentions. Passionate, sometimes violent, Aurora does succeed in enjoying them, her desires scarcely chastened by her disastrous first marriage. She represents a challenge to the mid-Victorian sexual code, and particularly to the feminine ideal of simpering, angelic young ladyhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eP. D. Edward's introduction evaluates the novel's leading place among  bigamy-novels' and Braddon's treatment of the power struggle between the sexes, as well as considering the similarities between the author and her heroine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Series: \u003c\/strong\u003eFor over 100 years \u003cstrong\u003eOxford World's Classics \u003c\/strong\u003ehas made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eP. D. Edwards is Darnell Professor of English at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is also the editor of several Trollope titles in World's Classics.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459973091602,"sku":"9780199555161","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c9c12814-7ae4-4430-b258-8749d4cb1f42.jpg?v=1730019364","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/aurora-floyd-9780199555161","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}