The Lady's Mile: A Novel

Name: The Lady's Mile: A Novel
Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
ISBN: 9781836101666

Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Language: English
Length: 440 pages
ISBN: 9781836101666
Published: 8 February 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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The Lady’s Mile is a Victorian society romance of love, ambition, and social constraint. Struggling painter Philip Foley pines for the charming Florence Crawford, while proud but impoverished Lady Cecil Chudleigh navigates attraction to the magnetic Captain Hector Gordon. Between London’s glittering salons and Hampshire’s quiet coast, Braddon explores class tension, desire, and the collision of personal aspiration with societal expectation, weaving a tale of passion, intrigue, and moral choice.

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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Audiobook · English · Fractal Press9781836100157