Mary Elizabeth Braddon - A Companion to the Mystery Fiction

An important figure in the development of crime fiction, Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915) wrote more than 80 novels, numerous plays, poems, essays and short stories, and edited two magazines during her 55-year literary career. Her bestselling Lady Audley's Secret secured her reputation as a leading "sensation novelist." Though critics called her work immoral, Braddon's novels influenced the detective fiction of the late Victorian period. With entries on all her published writing, characters, relationships and influences, and themes and contexts, as well as numerous illustrations, a career chronology, and a chronological and alphabetical listing of all of her works, this companion to Braddon's mystery fiction is the definitive reference on this provocative but overlooked writer.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments      viii

Preface     

Organization of the Companion     

A Brief Biography     

A Career Chronology     

Braddon's Works in Chronological Order     

Braddon's Works in Alphabetical Order     

THE COMPANION     

Annotated Bibliography     

Index     

About the author

Anne-Marie Beller, a lecturer in English at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom, has published articles on Wilkie Collins, Amelia B. Edwards, and Mrs. Henry Wood. She is on the editorial board of the Wilkie Collins Journal.

Product details

• Authors: Anne-Marie Beller
• Assisted by: Elizabeth Foxwell (Editor)
• Publisher: McFarland
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.10.2012
• EAN: 9780786436675
• ISBN: 978-0-7864-3667-5
• No. of pages: 206
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 398 g
• Series: McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies