Mary Braddon: 122 books

Mohawks is a novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. It has 3 volumes. This volume has 12 chapters. example: CHAPTER I. "IN OPPOSITION AGAINST FATE AND HELL." "Herrick," said Lavendale suddenly next day, when the two friends were alone together in the Abbey hall, a spacious chamber, half...

Father and daughter worked together at the trade of letters in the days when George the Second was king and Grub Street was a reality. For them literature was indeed a trade, since William Thornton wrote only what the booksellers wanted, and adjusted the supply to the demand. No sudden inspirations,...

Mary Elizabeth Braddon was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret. Table of Contents The Cold Embrace The Shadow in the Corner Good Lady Ducayne At Chrighton Abbey Eveline's Visitant Lady Audley's Secret Birds of Prey Charlotte's Inheritance The Doctor's Wife Milly Darrell

A classic Victorian sensation novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

Mohawks is a novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. It has 3 volumes. This volume has 12 chapters. example: CHAPTER I. "ONE THAT DOTH WEAR HIMSELF AWAY IN LONENESS." "Nothing?" asked the farmer, standing upon a heathery knoll, with his gun under his arm, and his two clever spaniels,...

Step into another era with this fascinating glimpse at life in Victorian England. From the author of a number of abidingly popular works, including Lady Audley's Secret, the sweeping novel Fenton's Quest deals with many of the themes that Mary Elizabeth Braddon addressed in other stories, such as courtship, unrequited romance, and inter-class tensions.

Capolavoro di Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Il segreto di Lady Audley uscì a puntate tra il 1861 e il 1862 sulle pagine delle riviste letterarie del tempo, riscuotendo uno straordinario successo di pubblico che la consacrò come nuova stella del sensation novel e rivale di Wilkie Collins. Al talento nel...

Settle in for the literary ride of your life with this thrill-a-minute sensation novel from beloved Victorian-era writer Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Teetering on the brink of poverty, widower John Marchmont decides to wed again. But what starts out as a fairly straightforward attempt to find a suitable wife soon devolves into a maelstrom of madness, tragedy, family drama, and romantic entanglements.

A tightyly woven romance and tale of suspense. Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She was an extremely prolific writer, producing some 75 novels with very inventive plots. The most famous one is her first novel, Lady Audley's Secret (1862  

Sir Oswald Eversleigh, der kinderlose Nachkomme einer der ältesten Familien in Yorkshire und Besitzer von Raynham Castle, hat lange mit sich gerungen, ehe er seinen Lieblingsneffen Reginald enterbt, liebt er den jungen verwaisten Mann doch wie einen Sohn. Doch nachdem Reginald Eversleigh mit der...

Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Run to Earth is a murder mystery that relentlessly ratchets up the suspense, leaving readers guessing until the very last page. Maritime trader Valentine Jernham finds himself at the center of a nefarious plot with ripples that fan out to touch dozens of people spanning all strata of society.

So hatte sich Francis Tredethlyn seine Karriere beim Militär eigentlich nicht vorgestellt: Statt sich in Indien Ruhm und Ehre zu erkämpfen, muß der junge Soldat Dienst in einer britischen Strafkolonie in Australien schieben, wo er als Kammerdiener und Reitknecht seines Vorgesetzten Harcourt Lowther...

George Pauncefort betritt nach fünfzehn Jahren, die er auf Reisen in Afrika verbracht hat, erstmals wieder englischen Boden und bezieht das in Sir Jasper Denisons Park gelegene kleine, einsame Jagdhaus, das allgemein nur die „Eremitage“ genannt wird. Dass das Haus seit einem Eifersuchtsdrama,...

Lady Cecil Chudleigh, die Tochter des verstorbenen Lord Aspendell, fristet ihr Dasein als unbezahlte Gesellschafterin und beinahe als Dienstmagd ihrer bejahrten Tante. Dass sie ihrem eintönigen, mühseligen Leben nur zu entrinnen vermag, wenn sie sich gut verheiratet, stellt sie vor neue Probleme,...