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Mary Elizabeth Braddon

English author (1835-1915) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 79

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.

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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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United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1835 to 1915 · aged 79

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