{"product_id":"east-lynne-9798897730612","title":"East Lynne","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Wood Henry\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bibliotech Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bibliotech Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEast Lynne, or, The Earl's Daughter is an 1861 English sensation novel by Ellen Wood, writing as Mrs. Henry Wood. A Victorian-era bestseller, it is remembered chiefly for its elaborate and implausible plot centering on infidelity and double identities. There have been numerous stage and film adaptations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe much-quoted line \"Gone! And never called me mother!\" (variant: \"Dead! Dead! And never called me mother!\") does not appear in the book; both variants come from later stage adaptations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book was originally serialised in The New Monthly Magazine between January 1860 and September 1861, and it was issued as a three-volume novel on 19 September 1861. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome argue that the novel champions middle classes over the lower orders; others, however, find this claim \"too simplistic\" and argue that the novel \"highlights the shortfalls inherent to bourgeois masculinity.\" Sally Mitchell argues that the novel simultaneously upholds and undermines middle-class values.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther critics include the late 19th century English novelist George Gissing, who read the book whilst staying in Rome in March 1898 and wrote in his diary that it was \"not at all a bad book, of its sort.\" Perhaps the most practical assessment came from one who produced the play many times, actor and theater manager Tod Slaughter: \"No other play in its time has ever been more maligned, more burlesqued, more ridiculed, or consistently made more money.\" (wikipedia.org)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllen Price (17 January 1814 - 10 February 1887), better known as Mrs. Henry Wood, was an English novelist. She is best remembered for her 1861 novel East Lynne. Many of her books sold well internationally and were widely read in the United States. In her time, she surpassed Charles Dickens in fame in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrice was born in Worcester, on 17 January 1814. In 1836 she married Henry Wood, who worked in the banking and shipping trade in Dauphin� in the south of France, where they lived for 20 years. On the failure of Wood's business, the family (including four children) returned to England and settled in Upper Norwood near London, where Ellen Wood turned to writing. This supported the family. Henry Wood died in 1866. She wrote over 30 novels, many of which (especially East Lynne) enjoyed remarkable popularity. Among the best known are Danesbury House, Oswald Cray, Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles, The Channings, Lord Oakburn's Daughters and The Shadow of Ashlydyat. Her writing tone would be described as \"conservative and Christian,\" occasionally expressing religious rhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1867, Wood purchased the English magazine Argosy, which had been founded by Alexander Strahan in 1865. She wrote much of the magazine herself, but other contributors included Hesba Stretton, Julia Kavanagh, Christina Rossetti, Sarah Doudney and Rosa Nouchette Carey. Wood continued as its editor until her death in 1887, when her son Charles Wood took over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWood's works were translated into many languages, including French and Russian. Leo Tolstoy, in a 9 March 1872 letter to his older brother Sergei, noted that he was \"reading Mrs. Wood's wonderful novel In the Maze\". \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWood wrote several works of supernatural fiction, including \"The Ghost\" (1867) and the oft-anthologized \"Reality or Delusion?\" (1868).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe died of bronchitis. (wikipedia.org)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46440356806807,"sku":"9798897730612","price":1832.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798897730612.webp?v=1769114715","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/east-lynne-9798897730612","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}