Lucy Graham, a charming young governess with no fortune, marries Sir Michael Audley, a rich widower much older than herself. Shortly afterwards, George Talboys returns from Australia, where he went looking for gold, and learns that his own wife died while he was away. George disappears during a visit to Audley Court, and his friend Robert Audley, Sir Michael's nephew, wants to know what has happened to him.
It was one of the greatest successes of the Victorian age: a suspense novel in which a charming woman may be hiding a terrible secret.
Full of suspense, it is a gripping read in the language you are learning.
