author
Mrs. Henry Wood
1814–1887
Best known for the wildly popular East Lynne, she wrote fiction full of secrets, moral choices, and domestic drama. Her stories reached a huge Victorian readership and helped define the sensation novel.
36 Audiobooks
A Life's Secret: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
The Master of Greylands: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Johnny Ludlow, Third Series
by Mrs. Henry Wood
East Lynne
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series
by Mrs. Henry Wood
The Channings: A Story
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Trevlyn Hold: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Johnny Ludlow, Sixth Series
by Mrs. Henry Wood
The Shadow of Ashlydyat
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Anne Hereford: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Mildred Arkell: A Novel. Vol. 3 (of 3)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Johnny Ludlow, Second Series
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Verner's Pride
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Court Netherleigh: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
It May Be True, Vol. 3 (of 3)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
It May Be True, Vol. 2 (of 3)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Within the Maze: A Novel, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
The Story of Charles Strange: A Novel. Vol. 3 (of 3)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
St. Martin's Eve: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Mildred Arkell: A Novel. Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Mildred Arkell: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 3)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Edina: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Johnny Ludlow, Fifth Series
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Roland Yorke A Sequel to "The Channings"
by Mrs. Henry Wood
The Story of Charles Strange: A Novel. Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Bessy Rane: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
The Story of Charles Strange: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 3)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
It May Be True, Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
The Red Court Farm: A Novel (Vol. 1 of 2)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
The Red Court Farm: A Novel (Vol. 2 of 2)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Oswald Cray: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Elster's Folly: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Orville College: A Story
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Within the Maze: A Novel, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Johnny Ludlow, First Series
by Mrs. Henry Wood
About the author
Born Ellen Price in Worcester, England, on January 17, 1814, she became widely known under the name Mrs. Henry Wood. She wrote as both a novelist and magazine editor, and is remembered above all for East Lynne (1861), the book that made her one of the most popular English writers of her time.
She married Henry Wood in 1836, and several reliable biographies note that the couple lived abroad for many years before she returned to England and built her literary career. Her work often blended family life, suspense, crime, and moral consequence in a way that strongly appealed to Victorian readers.
After her husband's death, she continued writing and also took over The Argosy, a magazine closely associated with her later career. She died in London on February 10, 1887, but her reputation has lasted through East Lynne and the many novels and stories that followed it.