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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
AuthorBooks · Second hand1835-1915
Mary Elizabeth Braddon was an English popular novelist of the Victorian era. She is best known for her 1862 novel Lady Audley's Secret, which is considered one of the foundational examples of sensation fiction. She is known for her focus on bigamous relationships in her novels, as well as her illegitimate marriage to John Maxwell.
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About Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Birth
1835
Death
1915
Mary Elizabeth Braddon was an English popular novelist of the Victorian era. She is best known for her 1862 novel Lady Audley's Secret, which is considered one of the foundational examples of sensation fiction. She is known for her focus on bigamous relationships in her novels, as well as her illegitimate marriage to John Maxwell.
Mary Elizabeth Braddon was an incredibly prolific author who wrote nearly a thousand works throughout her career.
Her most iconic novel, Lady Audley's Secret, is a fundamental pillar of Victorian mystery literature.
Beyond her role as a novelist, Braddon also worked as an editor, playwright, and even an actress.
To publish some of her works, she used the male pseudonym Babington White.
Born in London in 1835, her personal life was as complex and fascinating as the plots of her books.
