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Aurora Floyd
AuthorMary Elizabeth Braddon
LanguageEnglish
GenreSensation novel
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date
1863
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages474 pp (UK paperback)
ISBN0-19-955516-8
OCLC298595000

Aurora Floyd (1863) is a sensation novel written by the prominent English author Mary Elizabeth Braddon.[1] It forms a sequel to Braddon's highly popular novel Lady Audley's Secret (1862).[1]

Plot

The plot follows the eponymous heroine – the daughter of a marriage between a wealthy banker and an actress – as she grows into sexual maturity and becomes embroiled in mystery and scandal. The story includes such controversial events as elopement, bigamy, and murder.[1][2]

Publication

Aurora Floyd was first serialized in London's monthly Temple Bar Magazine between January 1862 and January 1863, then published in the latter year in three volumes by William Tinsley.[1]

Dramatisation

In the same year, Aurora Floyd was adapted for the stage by Colin Henry Hazlewood and first performed at the Britannia Theatre Saloon in the Hoxton district just north of the City of London.

The script was subsequently published by Thomas Hailes Lacy as the 85th in his series Acting Edition of Plays. Tinsley also dramatised other works by Braddon, notably Lady Audley's Secret.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d John Sutherland. "Aurora Floyd" in The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction, 1989.
  2. ^ "Review of Aurora Floyd by M. E. Braddon". Athenæum (No. 1840): 144–145. 31 January 1863. {{cite journal}}: |issue= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ G. C. Boase and Megan A. Stephan, "Hazlewood, Colin Henry (1823–1875)", revised by Megan A. Stephan, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 3 December 2011.