Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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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 sensatio
Portrait of Mary Elizabeth Braddon by William Powell Frith, 1865
Tomb of Mary Elizabeth Maxwell in Richmond Cemetery
Aurora Floyd
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Aurora Floyd is a sensation novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon published on 1 January 1863. It is thematically similar to her highly popular novel Lady Audley's Secret.
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
…adapted into films and plays several times. The first stage adaptation opened in London during the winter of 1863. Braddon's other best-known novel, Aurora Floyd, was published serially the same year in Temple Bar. Because both novels featured a woman trapped in a bigamous relationship, they have been referred…
Cover of an 1863 American edition
Cover of the 1892 edition. Aurora horsewhips Hargraves for kicking her dog. The scene shocked Victorian readers.