Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915)
Auteur de Le Secret de Lady Audley
A propos de l'auteur
Mary Elizabeth Braddon, the daughter of a solicitor, was educated privately. As a young woman, she acted under an assumed name for three years in order to support herself and her mother. In 1860 she met John Maxwell, a publisher of periodicals, whose wife was in an asylum for the insane. Braddon afficher plus acted as stepmother to Maxwell's five children and bore him five illegitimate children before the couple married, in 1874, when Maxwell's wife died. Braddon's most famous novel, Lady Audley's Secret (1862), was first published serially in Robin Goodfellow and The Sixpenny Magazine. One of the earliest sensationalist novels, it sold nearly one million copies during Braddon's lifetime. Its plot involves bigamy, the protagonist's desertion of her child, her murder of her first husband, and her thoughts of poisoning her second husband. The novel shocked and outraged her contemporary, Margaret Oliphant, who said Braddon had invented "the fair-haired demon of modern fiction." Throughout her long literary career, during which she wrote more than 80 novels and edited several magazines, Braddon was often excoriated for her penchant for sensationalizing violence, crime, and sexual indiscretion. Nevertheless, Braddon had many well-known devotees, among them William Makepeace Thackeray, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Braddon died in 1915. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Reinas del Abismo: Cuentos fantasmales de las maestras de lo inquietante (Impedimenta) (Spanish Edition) (2020) 9 exemplaires
The Collected Supernatural And Weird Fiction Of Mary Elizabeth Braddon: Volume 1 (2010) 7 exemplaires
Lady Audley's Secret - A Drama in Two Acts (Broadview Anthology of British Literature) (2013) 3 exemplaires
MARY ELIZABETH BRADDON Ultimate Collection: Mystery Novels, Victorian Romances & Supernatural Tales: Lady Audley's… (2019) 3 exemplaires
The infidel; a romance 2 exemplaires
Joshua Haggard's daughter 2 exemplaires
Rupert Godwin 2 exemplaires
Like and Unlike 2 exemplaires
Under Love's Rule. By the author of "Lady Audley's Secret" [i.e. M. E. Braddon], etc. (2007) 2 exemplaires
The Collected Supernatural And Weird Fiction Of Mary Elizabeth Braddon: Volume 4 (2010) 2 exemplaires
Asphodel 2 exemplaires
Only a clod : a novel 1 exemplaire
Flower and weed; and other tales, by the author of 'Lady Audley's secret'. Stereotyped ed 1 exemplaire
A strange world : a novel 1 exemplaire
Hostages to fortune : a novel 1 exemplaire
Volume 3: The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Elizabeth Braddon (2010) 1 exemplaire
Wyllard's Weird: Volume 1 1 exemplaire
Weavers and weft and other tales 1 exemplaire
The white house 1 exemplaire
The little woman in black 1 exemplaire
The Works of M. E. Braddon Parts Edition 1 exemplaire
The Conflict 1 exemplaire
Lady Audley's Secret 1 exemplaire
Lady Audley's Secret 1 exemplaire
The Works of Mary Elizabeth Braddon 1 exemplaire
O segredo terrível 1 exemplaire
The lady's mile 1 exemplaire
Only a woman 1 exemplaire
Dead men's shoes: a novel 1 exemplaire
Complete Works of Mary Elizabeth Braddon (Annotated): Collection Includes Charlotte's Inheritance, Fenton's Quest, Lady… (2021) 1 exemplaire
Mohawks 1 exemplaire
The Blue Lenses / Eveline's Visitant — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
lady Audrey's secret 1 exemplaire
Her Last Appearance 1 exemplaire
The Cloven Foot 1 exemplaire
Mount Royal 1 exemplaire
John Marchmont's Legacy, Volume 2 (of 3) 1 exemplaire
John Marchmont's Legacy, Volume 1 (of 3) 1 exemplaire
Belgravia: A London Magazine Volume 2 1 exemplaire
Belgravia: A London Magazine 1 exemplaire
Den hemlighetsfulle hyresgästen 1 exemplaire
The Complete Works of Mary Elizabeth Braddon: Murder Mystery Novels, Victorian Romances & Dark Fantasy Tales: Lady… (2019) 1 exemplaire
The Fatal Marriage; Or, the Shadow in the Corner, Mary E. Braddon & the Lost Heiress or Wickley's Woods By H W… (1896) 1 exemplaire
BRITISH MURDER MYSTERIES: The Greatest Thrillers of Mary Elizabeth Braddon: The Trail of the Serpent, Lady… (2019) 1 exemplaire
The Captain of the Vulture The Half-Blood 1 exemplaire
The Infidel 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Braddon, M.E.
- Nom légal
- Braddon, Mary Elizabeth
- Autres noms
- White, Babington
- Date de naissance
- 1835-10-04
- Date de décès
- 1915-02-04
- Lieu de sépulture
- Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, England, UK
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Groot-Brittannië
- Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Londen, England, Groot-Brittannië
Richmond, Surrey, England, Groot-Brittannië - Études
- privately educated
- Professions
- actor
novelist
short story writer
editor - Relations
- Maxwell, W. B. (son)
- Courte biographie
- Mary Elizabeth Braddon was born in London and her parents separated when she was five years old. Mary worked as an actress to support herself and her mother. In 1860, she met John Maxwell, a publisher, and began living with him despite the fact that he was married with five children; his wife was in an asylum in Ireland. Mary acted as a stepmother to the children until 1874, when Maxwell's wife died and they were able to marry. They had six children together, including the future writer William Babington (W.B.) Maxwell. Mary was an extremely prolific writer, producing more than 80 novels and numerous short stories. In 1866, she founded Belgravia, a lavishly illustrated magazine that published serialized novels, poems, travel narratives, and essays on fashion, history and science.
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June 2022: Mary Elizabeth Braddon à Monthly Author Reads (Juin 2022)
Victorian Q1 Read-Along: Lady Audley's Secret à Club Read 2022 (Avril 2022)
Group read: Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon à Virago Modern Classics (Mai 2020)
The Trail Of The Serpent by Mary Elizabeth Braddon - lyzard tutoring SqueakyChu à 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (Mars 2015)
June: Reading Mary Elizabeth Braddon à Monthly Author Reads (Juin 2011)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 141
- Aussi par
- 67
- Membres
- 4,511
- Popularité
- #5,560
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 148
- ISBN
- 500
- Langues
- 7
- Favoris
- 25