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Aurora Floyd - Volume 1

M. E. Braddon

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Not one word, not one word, Aurora," he said hurriedly; "at least, only one. That person—he is dead?"

"He is."

CHAPTER III. WHAT BECAME OF THE DIAMOND BRACELET.

Aurora's relatives were not slow to exclaim upon the change for the worse which a twelvemonth in Paris had made in their young kinswoman. I fear that the Demoiselles Lespard suffered considerably in reputation amongst the circle round Felden Woods from Miss Floyd's impaired good looks. She was out of spirits too, had no appetite, slept badly, was nervous and hysterical, no longer took any interest in her dogs and horses, and was altogether an altered creature. Mrs. Alexander Floyd declared it was perfectly clear that these cruel Frenchwomen had worked poor Aurora to a shadow: the girl was not used to study, she said; she had been accustomed to exercise and open air, and no doubt had pined sadly in the close atmosphere of a schoolroom.

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Community Reviews

I have slightly mixed feelings on this one. I loved the writing, and the reading experience is great, but the ending fell a little flat for me, and there are certain elements of the plot that don't age very well.

I buddy read this with Chelsea from the BookTube channel Voyage of a Time Wanderer for Victober 2022, and we had so much fun going back and forth as we read this. 'Aurora Floyd' has some wonderfully vivid characters not least of which is the title character.

The book felt somewhat like it had two hal

After reading two Mary Elizabeth Braddon's novels in a short amount of time, I'm slowly falling in love with her. Aurora Floyd is definitely more humane and a lot more well-plotted than Lady Audley's Secret despite them both touching on same themes. We know Aurora's secret from the very beginning an

I read two others books by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, first The Doctor's Wife then Lady Audley's Secret. I really liked them both. The writing, the story, the main character. Braddon was a great Victorian author, who wrote sensation novels with non-typical female characters. I know this author suffers

Really enjoyed this story; wealth, bigamy, murder in Victorian England, what's not to enjoy. Perfect escapism.

Mary Elizabeth Braddon has been having something of a moment recently, on the back of the current interest in Victorian sensation fiction. Lady Audley’s Secret (1862), Aurora Floyd (1863), and The Doctor’s Wife (1864) have both recently been republished in critical editions, by Oxford World’s Classi

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