Lady Audley's Secret Condition:Good dozens of Japanese citizens were

dozens of Japanese citizens were abducted from coastal Japanese towns by North Korean commandos

as well as the dreams that shape us and the things we might wish for

replacing the "dominion of matter" with "a great stillness"--a vision that is at once lovely and profoundly frightening

interweaves fascinating background information on the composer's historical era with quotations

I turned the last page with the unusual conviction of having been in the company of a fine writer who is - who must surely be - a good man' Telegraph 'Poetry

Lady Audley's Secret Condition:Good dozens of Japanese citizens wereThis Victorian bestseller, along with Braddon's other famous novel, Aurora Floyd, established her as the main rival of the master of the sensational novel, Wilkie Collins. A protest against the passive, insipid 19th century heroine, Lady Audley was described by one critic of the time as"high strung, full of passion, purpose, and movement." Her crime (the secret of the title) is shown to threaten the apparently respectable middle class world of