![]() ![]() ![]() It went quickly through different editions, and by 1895 its publishers boasted sales of 400,000 – although its reach was much greater. Little seems to have been expected of the novel, but when the three-volume edition was published by Richard Bentley on 19 September 1861, it became a “must-read” book, thanks in part to a review in The Times. In January 1860 the New Monthly Magazine began serialization of East Lynne by one of his regular contributors, the little-known Ellen (Mrs Henry) Wood (Balee 1993). Melodramatic and sentimental, it had cross-class appeal, and its fame was bolstered by the numerous stage adaptations made of it: the role of its heroine Isabel Vane becoming (like Nancy in Oliver Twist) a favorite part of the repertoire for actresses. ![]() Published in three volumes in 1861, East Lynne by Ellen (Mrs Henry) Wood became one of the best-selling novels of the nineteenth century. ![]()
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