The conclusion of LAS could be called “uniformly satisfying”, but I would say it is “uniformly unsatisfying.” After reading this victorian novel with murder, bigamy, secrets, and lying I expected the ending to have much more of a purpose, or satisfactory element to it. Yes, it is “nice” that everything fell into place and that mostly everyone got their way, but after enduring such a heavy plot for this time period, I expected more. Sensation fiction in this time period is new, and would not be commonly written about all the time, so it is understandable that not everything would match perfectly<\/p>\n
These “safe” plot elements confuse me because I’m not quite sure what the point of a “safe” ending was for this book. When dealing with format, these different kinds of events coexist smoothly. But when talking about the plot and story line, they do not. It does not match up with the rest of Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s strategy for this book.<\/p>\n
I would have much rather seen an ending with more information given on Lady Audley’s death; because as the reader, we basically only get one sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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