Victorian Sensation

A Listmania! list by "cloonshanville"
 
East Lynne (Oxford World's Classics)
1.  East Lynne (Oxford World's Classics) by Ellen Wood
The list author says:
  "The best selling novel of the 19th century.  A 'sensational' tear jerker."
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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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Lady Audley's Secret (Oxford World's Classics)
2.  Lady Audley's Secret (Oxford World's Classics) by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The list author says:
  "Whilst typical of the genre 'Lady Audley's Secret turns the notion of the beautiful, angelic child-woman on its head."
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The Moonstone (Penguin Classics)
3.  The Moonstone (Penguin Classics) by Wilkie Collins
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  "A wondrful brew including a cursed gem, murder, drugs and of course a love story."
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (79 customer reviews)

Basil (World's Classics)
4.  Basil (World's Classics) by Wilkie Collins
The list author says:
  "Possibly my favourite novel from Wilkie Colins. With a sexually precocious female character this was a truly shocking novel in its time."
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The Woman in White (Penguin Summer Classics)
5.  The Woman in White (Penguin Summer Classics) by Wilkie Collins
The list author says:
  "Arguably Wilkie Collin's most popular novel. A gripping page turner, includes one of the major themes of the genre; duality."
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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (77 customer reviews)

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The Sensation Novel: From the "Woman in White" to the "Moonstone" (Writers & Their Work)
6.  The Sensation Novel: From the "Woman in White" to the "Moonstone" (Writers & Their Work) by Lyn Pykett
The list author says:
  "An excellent little introduction and commentary on a much neglected area of 19th century literature. Unfortunately the definitive guide to sensation is now out of print: The Maniac in the Cellar."
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Victorian Sensation: Or the Spectacular, the Shocking and the Scandalous in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series)
7.  Victorian Sensation: Or the Spectacular, the Shocking and the Scandalous in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series) by Michael Diamond
The list author says:
  "This is a wonderful historical guide to some of the notorious true stories that inspired Mrs Henry Wood, Mary Elizabeth Braddon & Wilkie Collins et al."
£9.99   Used & New from: £5.79
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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