The Lady's Mile: A Novel
1866
The Lady's Mile, a novel by M. E. Braddon, was first published in 1866 and explores themes of love, ambition, and class conflict in 19th-century England. The story follows struggling painter Philip Foley as he navigates his infatuation with the charming Florence Crawford, daughter of a celebrated artist, while also depicting the life of the impoverished Lady Cecil Chudleigh and her connection with the magnetic soldier Hector Gordon. Set against the backdrop of fashionable London and the serene Hampshire coast, the novel delves into the tensions between artistic aspiration and societal expectations.
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“Oh yes,” said the dowager promptly, “you appreciate his goodness, perhaps; but you don't appreciate him. You just tolerate him because he is good and kind to you, and works like a galley-slave to insure your welfare in the future; but if he could read ‘Victor Hugo’ like a play-actor and make an idiot of himself about Mendelssohn, you’d adore him.””
— M. E. Braddon
“But the disease which was undermining Lady Cecil’s moral constitution was not sorrow; it was only the absence of joy.””
— M. E. Braddon
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