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The Lady's Mile: A Novel

Author
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
15 hours 36 minutes
ISBN
9781836100157
Published
5 January 2026
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • Victorian fiction
  • society romance
  • artistic ambition
  • love and desire
  • social class
  • London society
  • family expectations
  • temptation
  • moral conflict
  • romantic intrigue

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Painter Philip Foley loves Florence Crawford while impoverished Lady Cecil Chudleigh is drawn to Captain Hector Gordon, amid London society and Hampshire quiet. Braddon's romance of class pressure, desire, and moral choice. Spoken as when ambition and affection share one crowded mile of watching eyes.

Author

Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915) was a prominent English novelist and playwright best known for her Victorian sensation fiction. Rising from modest beginnings, she gained fame with Lady Audley’s Secret, which cemented her reputation for blending mystery, psychology, and social critique. Prolific and influential, Braddon wrote more than 80 novels and helped shape popular Victorian literature.

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