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Frontispiece illustration for the Victorian novel East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood (London: 1884).

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English: Bibliographic information for this edition of East Lynne:
  • Title: East Lynne.
  • Alternate Title: East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood, author of “The Channings,” “Johnny Ludlow,” etc., etc.
  • Publication Statement: London: Richard Bentley and Son [1884].
  • Location: McPherson Library, University of Victoria.
  • Call Number:PR5842 W8E3.
  • Monograph description: 483 pages; Frontispiece illustration by E. Hughes (artist) and J. Brown (engraver); Gift signature on half-title page.
  • Note: East Lynne is a “sensation novel” originally serialized in The New Monthly under editor William Harrison Ainsworth, beginning in January 1861. The novel was rejected by two publishers before being accepted by Richard Bentley. East Lynne was popularized as a play, “apparently” first stage in Brooklyn on January 26, 1863: “In any given week for more than forty years, some version of the drama inspired by Ellen Wood’s book was probably seen by an audience somewhere in England or North America." (Source: Mrs. Henry Wood’s East Lynne, edited and with an introduction by Sally Mitchell, Rutgers University Press: 1984)
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Source East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood (Ellen Wood)
Author Edward Hughes and Joseph Brown

This monograph is held in the McPherson Library at the University of Victoria.

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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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