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 | author = Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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 | elevator pitch = "Braddon's bigamous heroine deserts her child, pushes husband number one down a well, thinks about poisoning husband number two and sets fire to a hotel in which her other male acquaintances are residing" ''(Elaine Showalter, '''Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Brontė to Lessing''')''
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 | publication date = 1862
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Popular 1862 mystery novel written by Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

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* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]:  {{spoiler|Lady Audley turns out to be one.}}
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Lady Audley. 
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Robert Audley. 
* [[Gentleman Detective]]: Robert Audley again.
* [[Gold Digger]]:  {{spoiler|Lady Audley turns out to be one of these as well.}}
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Subverted.
* [[Jesus Saves]]: Robert Audley prays sincerely for the first time in his life when he starts investigating the disappearance of his friend. A connection is made between his taking an interest in spirituality and beginning to overcome his general apathy and laziness.
* [[Kill It with Fire]]:  {{spoiler|Lady Audley attempts to murder her nephew by setting his inn room on fire and locking him inside.}}
* [[Kissing Cousins]]: Alicia has feelings for her cousin Robert. He dosen't feel the same. 
* [[The Ladette]]: Alicia. 
* [[Mary Sue Classic]] / [[Purity Sue]]: Subverted.
* [[May-December Romance]]: Sir Michael is considerably older than Lady Lucy. 
* [[The Ophelia]]: Lady Audley's mother is stated to have been one. Lady Audley herself is  {{spoiler|a perfectly sane woman imprisoned in an asylum because it is more convenient for the family to get rid of her in this way than to have to deal with a trial.}}
* [[Parental Marriage Veto]]: George Talboy's father is not pleased about his son's choice in marriage. 
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: Robert is actually a barrister but fits this as we never actually see him doing any work. He mostly just sits around. 
* [[Secret-Chaser]]: Robert Audley.
* [[Spirited Young Lady]]: Alicia Audley.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Alicia Audley and her stepmother Lady Audley, respectively.

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