The Secret Victorianist is Finola Austin, an England-born, Northern Ireland-raised, NYC-based historical novelist and lover of the 19th century.
Her debut novel, Bronte's Mistress, was published by Atria Books in 2020.
Please consult her author website, www.finolaaustin.com, for more information.
Soon to be our Book Club' novelist via her book Bronte's Mistress, looking forward to, perhaps, meet her personally, to celebrate, albeit in a different century, her Victorian 'heritage' by choice.
ReplyDeleteI consumed this novel. Your writing and research together are extraordinary! Please give us more novels and thank you!
ReplyDeleteYes! Mary Elizabeth Braddon was an important feminist. Lady Audley's Secret explores feminism, gender and same sex relationships. A very important text, but greatly ignored (by academia) text.
ReplyDeleteYes! Lady Audley's Secret is an important, greatly ignored text, that explores feminism, same sex relationships and gender. Mary Elizabeth Braddon deserves much more recognition.
ReplyDeleteI found your blog researching into Charles Reade's "A Terrible Temptation". It was very useful, thanks. By way of reciprocity I'd like to recommend F. Anstey's "The Statement Of Stella Maberley" (1896) and Florence Layard's "A Witness For The Dead" (1889). The former is a fascinating study in unreliable narration, the latter a stylish post Jack-The-Ripper supernatural thriller. Obscure but literate works.
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