Hello historians,

Today Owen narrates Chapter 13 of Lady Audley’s Secret

Published in the London Journal from 1863

The Victorian Periodical Parade podcast is a time traveling vessel, going back 160 years to see what folks were interested in, and how they lived their daily lives.  As it turns out they were folks just like us, coming up with reasons to do things, reasons for why things happened, and attempting to make sense of it all. There is much that we can learn about our daily life, by reading stories from the Victorian Era. So far Lady Audley’s Secret has been about middle to upper class life, with a glimpse at lower to impoverished classes, and learning can be had!

In Chapter 13 of Lady Audley’s Secret Mr. Audley returns to his home after an exhausting trek to find his dear friend George. He is so exhausted that he has a dream filled nap on the bed that George used while he stayed with Robert. He is so tired he doesn’t answer the door when someone pounds on it a few times. The end of this chapter includes a review of the evidence that Robert has collected on his hunt for George. This turns Lady Audley’s Secret into the first detective novel, ahead of Sherlock Holmes. Do you think that Robert will find George? What do you think of the evidence Robert listed out? Did he miss anything? Find out in today’s reading... 

While listening to this episode, hop on over to Instagram to check out the images associated with this Chapter 13 of Lady Audley’s Secret and see if any new pieces of information catch your attention. 

Our next episode will likely be a breakdown of Chapters 10 to 13 of Lady Audley’s Secret, and the articles published alongside them in the London Journal.  We hope to hear from you on Instagram, Twitter, or Youtube

Have a great day! 

Owen, Daniel, and Kari

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Music Credits to:

"Magic Escape Room" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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"Night Vigil" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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London_Journal_Vol.XXXVII_1863_No.984 by the Nassau Steam Press

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951000746304q&view=1up&seq=259