But in Aurora Floyd, and in many of the novels written in imitation of it, bigamy is little more than a euphemism, a device to enable the heroine, and vicariously the reader, to enjoy the forbidden sweets of adultery without adulterous intentions. Like Lady Audley, Aurora is a beautiful young woman bigamously married and threatened with exposure by a blackmailer. Из серии: Oxford World`s Classics
2008