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The ancient lady spoke up Captain Levison, Lady Isabel Vane. They both acknowledged the introduction; and Isabel, a child yet in the way of the world, blushed crimson at the admiring looks cast upon her by the young guardsman. Strange - strange that she should make the acquaintance of those two men in the same day, almost in the same hour; the two, of all the human race, who were to exercise so powerful an influence over her future life!
When they adjourned to the ball-room it was to Isabel as an enchanting scene of dreamland, for her heart was in its spring-tide of early freshness, and the satiety of experience had not come.
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East Lynne Classic Reprint Mrs Henry Wood 9781333316181 Books
What a painful book! And yet, precisely on account of Lady Isabel's piercing agony, brought about by a paroxysm of jealousy, I now dote on Ellen (Mrs. Henry) Wood. Rare indeed are the volumes that produce emotions as potent as "East Lynne". Sorry, Hardy, but when it comes to harrowing tales, this woman has unseated you with a single shove, since a sole act of rashness supplied enough ground for fresh suffering to many characters for years ahead.While Isabel wore sackcloth and ashes ever since she consented to be 'abducted' from her husband Mr. Carlyle and their children, Levison the wily rake that goaded her to such ignominy later on cast her aside as though a filthy old rag, according to his custom. And yes, he thrived afterwards! He became a Baron and even contested against Mr. Carlyle for a seat in parliament (amid which campaign, however, his dignity was outraged by a 'ducking' in the river at the hands of the people who supported his rival). Towards the end of the book Levison gets his due at the assizes, of course; albeit not for Isabel's downfall, but for a crime he had ascribed to another chap over ten years previous, during which interval this chap, Richard Hare, had managed to remain a fugitive, proclaiming his innocence in spite of the strong evidence against him. Strong yet false, as we suspect from the beginning because of the dreams and premonitions of his mother.
Several treacheries are carried out along the story, and there are some twists also, yet none actually give us the readers a big surprise, for every event follows a logical course. Nay, we are privy to the most hazardous deceit of all: Isabel, believed to have died in a train wreck abroad, returns under the guise of a queerly-attired French widow (thus diverting the remotest hints of recognition)… Isabel returns to her former home, East Lynne, in the capacity of governess to her own children, as well as to those of Mr. Carlyle and her second wife, Richard’s sister Barbara (whom Isabel had wrongly assumed, at the instance of Levison, to be her husband's mistress). Albeit reunited with her children, Isabel must conceal her identity at any cost, even that of restraining her primal instincts when her little boy falls ill and passes away, besides enduring the other servants' remembrances of her true person lash her conscience continually (they could never understand Isabel's leaping into a pit of shame on leaving Mr. Carlyle). Poor Isabel! Still, Mr. Carlyle's stubborn and domineering sister Cornelia repented her cruel treatment of her back in the early days of her marriage and, bearing Isabel no malice once she’s found out, granted her pardon, as did Mr. Carlyle himself just before Isabel’s woes ended with her life (her expiation complete by now).
It is my conjecture that Lady Glencora Palliser had heard of Isabel Vane’s drama—well, rather, that Anthony Trollope had read Ellen Wood’s novel, since Glencora brooded over giving up her husband and running off with another fellow in "Can You Forgive Her?". Furthermore, Plantagenet, like Archibald Carlyle, proved a considerate, upright and dutiful spouse. Be it as it may, Ellen Wood erected herself a sturdy monument out of the bulk of sensations her novel gives rise to.
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East Lynne Classic Reprint Mrs Henry Wood 9781333316181 Books Reviews
The kindle version says it is an Oxford World's Classic edition. It is not. It is some other edition with no notes and no introduction. Do not buy this if you're using this for class or research and need the notes and introduction.East Lynne (Oxford World's Classics)
Very interesting read. But I won't spoil the ending!
After reading the greatest 19th century English authors like Trollope, Hardy, Galsworthy, Eliot, Austen, et al., it was a pleasure to find Mrs. Wood who turned out to be their equal as a story teller.
One of my favorite books from the Victorian Era!
A wife can assume she knows her husband but allowed hair-brained reasoning can be so misleading. As in trustworthiness, try to communicate before assuming he is unworthy. Bit of interesting reading.
Story reminded me of a lesser Wilkie Collins tale without the indelible/resourceful characters. The cuckholded husband would have to rank as the most unobservant characters in all of literature. First oblivious to his wife's unfounded jealousy then thickly unaware that the woman, suspected dead, worked/lived with him and his second wife for over 6 months before he recognized her as the same woman. Story goes on too long toward the end and the characters are too compliant to their fates to make for a more compelling ending but story has enough scandalous turns to make for a decent read.
I give East Lynne five stars not because it is a perfect book; Mrs. Henry Wood's novel is far-fetched, yes, but I must say, I couldn't put it down and read it in three days. This ultimately engrossing story (the reason for the five stars), accurately depicts Victorian thinking. So much was swept under the rug and relationships between people was based not on reality, but on what was perceived to be an idealized reality. If only honesty prevailed....
Lady Isabel's and Archibald Carlyle's plight of being slaves to propriety is a compelling story, which I urge people interested in Victorian novels to read. It's long, overwritten - remember, it was a time with no television or radio so reading was an important escape - but it will have your heart racing to find out how it ends, as it did mine. Everyone and there are many characters, are very real and vulnerable to human nature and the villain is truly sociopathic, a trait that is not exclusive to our post-Freudian times.
In Archibald Carlyle, you have a "perfect" man, really, but even he succumbs to societal pressures and at times avoids reality. Victorian strictures were too much for this truly admirable man to transcend. In addition, his sister, Cornelia, is a true gem of a character - and very funny.
Another lady author, Elizabeth Gaskell, is a novelist I urge you to investigate. She and Mrs. Henry Wood are not on the level of Charles Dickens, a towering genius, but, in my opinion, just beneath him in stature and ability to accurately see human nature battling society's dictated norms.
What a painful book! And yet, precisely on account of Lady Isabel's piercing agony, brought about by a paroxysm of jealousy, I now dote on Ellen (Mrs. Henry) Wood. Rare indeed are the volumes that produce emotions as potent as "East Lynne". Sorry, Hardy, but when it comes to harrowing tales, this woman has unseated you with a single shove, since a sole act of rashness supplied enough ground for fresh suffering to many characters for years ahead.
While Isabel wore sackcloth and ashes ever since she consented to be 'abducted' from her husband Mr. Carlyle and their children, Levison the wily rake that goaded her to such ignominy later on cast her aside as though a filthy old rag, according to his custom. And yes, he thrived afterwards! He became a Baron and even contested against Mr. Carlyle for a seat in parliament (amid which campaign, however, his dignity was outraged by a 'ducking' in the river at the hands of the people who supported his rival). Towards the end of the book Levison gets his due at the assizes, of course; albeit not for Isabel's downfall, but for a crime he had ascribed to another chap over ten years previous, during which interval this chap, Richard Hare, had managed to remain a fugitive, proclaiming his innocence in spite of the strong evidence against him. Strong yet false, as we suspect from the beginning because of the dreams and premonitions of his mother.
Several treacheries are carried out along the story, and there are some twists also, yet none actually give us the readers a big surprise, for every event follows a logical course. Nay, we are privy to the most hazardous deceit of all Isabel, believed to have died in a train wreck abroad, returns under the guise of a queerly-attired French widow (thus diverting the remotest hints of recognition)… Isabel returns to her former home, East Lynne, in the capacity of governess to her own children, as well as to those of Mr. Carlyle and her second wife, Richard’s sister Barbara (whom Isabel had wrongly assumed, at the instance of Levison, to be her husband's mistress). Albeit reunited with her children, Isabel must conceal her identity at any cost, even that of restraining her primal instincts when her little boy falls ill and passes away, besides enduring the other servants' remembrances of her true person lash her conscience continually (they could never understand Isabel's leaping into a pit of shame on leaving Mr. Carlyle). Poor Isabel! Still, Mr. Carlyle's stubborn and domineering sister Cornelia repented her cruel treatment of her back in the early days of her marriage and, bearing Isabel no malice once she’s found out, granted her pardon, as did Mr. Carlyle himself just before Isabel’s woes ended with her life (her expiation complete by now).
It is my conjecture that Lady Glencora Palliser had heard of Isabel Vane’s drama—well, rather, that Anthony Trollope had read Ellen Wood’s novel, since Glencora brooded over giving up her husband and running off with another fellow in "Can You Forgive Her?". Furthermore, Plantagenet, like Archibald Carlyle, proved a considerate, upright and dutiful spouse. Be it as it may, Ellen Wood erected herself a sturdy monument out of the bulk of sensations her novel gives rise to.
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