I compared  the book covers of the Oxford edition and Penguin Classics edition. The two book covers are slightly different, however, neither cover gives us a full sense of the plot of the story. In the Penguin Classics edition, the frontal upper half of Lady…

The word “melodrama” immediately made me think of a book or movie that has a vast variety of emotions based on certain aspects of the book that happen. A phrase that I would think went along with a melodrama is something that would keep you…

I chose to juxtapose our Oxford edition cover of LAS with the movie adaptation cover. Overall, the two covers are completely different. The book cover is far more mysterious and inconclusive whereas the movie cover reveals more about the story. A notable difference between the…

When I free associate the word “melodrama”, I think of a story filled with over the top passion, scenes that leave people stunned, and unexpected plot changes. Words that come to mind include “dramatic”, “emotional”, “sensational”, and “exciting”. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines melodrama as…

To begin class on Tuesday, we discussed some of the reading questions assigned for the day. We reread the passage on page 62 when George and Robert are trying to get in to Lady Audley’s dressing room. We questioned why Alicia said no at first,…

Margaret Oliphant makes it clear that she finds the genre of sensation fiction to be dangerous. Oliphant illustrates the trend that sensation novelists often tend to elicit their thrills by depicting likable evil. Her concern is that the tools used in sensation fiction, in trying…

Before we are even given a chance to be told George Talboys’ library inventory, it is described as “no very brilliant collection of literature.” The narrator starts by describing the contents of the trunk, which all seem old and random. Robert Audley treats the items…

Oliphant’s beef with sensation fiction is that the books in this genre are written by the authors just to incorporate ideas and notions that evoke sensation in the reader without paying close attention to the realism of their writing. Oliphant states how “it is only…

While in George Talboys’ library, Robert Audley comes across an inventory that would suggest that Talboys misses his lavished life, previous to the unfortunate event of his father cutting him off financially as a result of his decision to marry Lady Audley, or back then,…

The old Greek testament and Eton Latin Grammar are both old writing, which suggests that Talboys has an affinity for just that, old literature. Lord Byron is a satirical poet, was known mainly for long narrative poems. He was also a pioneer to the Romantic…