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Mrs. Henry Wood
1814–1887
Best known for the wildly popular Victorian novel East Lynne, this English writer built a huge readership with stories full of suspense, family secrets, and moral drama. She was one of the best-known novelists of her day and wrote under the name Mrs. Henry Wood.
37 Audiobooks
A Life's Secret: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Johnny Ludlow, Third Series
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series
by Mrs. Henry Wood
The Master of Greylands: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
East Lynne
by Mrs. Henry Wood
The Channings: A Story
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Johnny Ludlow, Sixth Series
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Trevlyn Hold: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Mrs. Henry Wood
by Mrs. Henry Wood
The Shadow of Ashlydyat
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Johnny Ludlow, Second Series
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Anne Hereford: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Court Netherleigh: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Verner's Pride
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Mildred Arkell: A Novel. Vol. 3 (of 3)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
It May Be True, Vol. 2 (of 3)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Mildred Arkell: A Novel. Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
St. Martin's Eve: A Novel
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. 1 (of 3)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Edina: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Johnny Ludlow, Fifth Series
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Mildred Arkell: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 3)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Roland Yorke A Sequel to "The Channings"
by Mrs. Henry Wood
The Story of Charles Strange: A Novel. Vol. 3 (of 3)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
It May Be True, Vol. 3 (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. 2 of 2)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
The Red Court Farm: A Novel (Vol. 1 of 2)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Orville College: A Story
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Johnny Ludlow, First Series
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Elster's Folly: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Oswald Cray: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Within the Maze: A Novel, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Mrs. Henry Wood
About the author
Born Ellen Price in Worcester on January 17, 1814, she became famous as Mrs. Henry Wood, the pen name under which her fiction reached a mass audience. After marrying Henry Wood in 1836, she spent years in France before returning to England, where writing became both a profession and a major source of income.
Her breakthrough came with East Lynne in 1861, a sensation novel that became enormously popular and was adapted for the stage. She went on to write many more novels and stories, earning a reputation for dramatic plots, domestic tension, and a style that made her work especially appealing to Victorian readers.
Wood also edited The Argosy, a monthly magazine that helped keep her closely involved in literary life as both writer and editor. She died in London on February 10, 1887, but her name remains closely tied to the energetic, emotional storytelling that made Victorian popular fiction such a force.