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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (1835 - 1915)

Last edited by Floor_Toebes on May 22, 2025, 9:50 a.m.
Short name Braddon, Mary Elizabeth
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/66826682/
First name Mary Elizabeth
Birth name Braddon
Married name
Alternative name Mary Elizabeth Maxwell — Babington White — Caroline Lascelles
Date of birth 1835
Date of death 1915
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Sex Female
Place of birth London
Place of death Richmond (Surrey)
Lived in England
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Maxwell, John 1874-1895 Married
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth was ...
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Place(s) of Residence England
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receptions circulations
*Le locataire de Gaspard (1860~) 2 0
The lady Lisle (1862) 1 0
Ralph the Bailiff (1862) 2 0
Lady Audley's Secret (1862) 12 0
Captain of the Vulture (1862) 4 0
John Marchmont's Legacy (1863) 4 1
Eleanor's victory (1863) 6 0
Aurora Floyd (1863) 10 1
Henry Dunbar: The story of an outcast (1864) 10 1
The doctor's wife (1864) 7 1
Sir Jasper's Tenant (1865) 3 0
Only a clod (1865) 7 0
Sir Jasper's tenant (1865) 2 0
The black band (1866) 1 0
The Lady's mile (1866) 5 1
Birds of Prey (1867) 3 0
Circe (1867) 4 1
Rupert Godwin (1867) 5 2
*Grobianen (1868~) 1 0
Charlotte’s Inheritance (1868) 4 0
Run to earth: a novel (1868) 5 0
Dead-Sea Fruit (1868) 5 0
*The banker's secret (1870) 1 0
*Noel Markby: or the relative from Jamaica, a novel (1870) 1 0
Fenton's quest (1871) 3 0
The Lovels of Arden (1871) 5 0
Robert Ainsleigh (1872) 6 0
To the bitter end (1872) 5 0
Lucius Davoren (1873) 6 0
Strangers and pilgrims (1873) 9 0
Milly Darrell, and other tales (1873) 1 0
*Lost For Love (1874) 4 0
Taken at the flood (1874) 4 1
Hostages to fortune (1875) 6 0
The Dreaded Guest and other tales (1875) 2 0
A strange World (1875) 6 0
*Listen en lagen (Tricks and layers) (1875~) 3 0
Joshua Haggard's daughter (1876) 6 0
Dead men's shoes (1876) 7 0
In great waters and other tales (1877) 3 0
Cyprian Davenant (1877) 1 0
Weavers and weft (1877) 5 0
An open verdict (1878) 3 0
Vixen (1879) 6 0
The Cloven Foot (1879) 7 0
Just as I am (1880) 3 0
*Lizzie (1880) 1 0
*Mij is de wrake (Revenge is mine) (1880~) 4 0
*Een natuurkind (A child of nature) (1880) 3 0
The story of Barbara (1880) 5 0
Asphodel (1881) 1 0
*Vergulde ketenen (Gold chains) (1881) 4 0
Mount royal (1882) 3 0
Flower and Weed (1882) 5 1
The golden calf (1883) 6 1
Phantom fortune (1883) 4 0
Under the Red Flag (1884) 3 0
Ishmael (1884) 5 0
Wyllard's Weird (1885) 4 0
One thing needful (1886) 1 1
One Thing Needful (1886) 2 0
Cut by the County (1887) 2 0
Like and unlike (1887) 2 0
*Hare eer gered (Her honor saved) (1888~) 3 0
The Fatal Three (1888) 3 0
The day will come (1889) 2 1
One life, one love (1890) 1 0
Thou art the man (1894) 3 0
In high places (1898) 2 0
*His sister's avenger (1900) 1 0
*Nora's youthful follies (1900) 1 0
*Two brothers (1900) 2 0
*Evil powers (1900) 1 0
*Een angel in 't hart (A sting in the heart) 1 0
*De slagtoffers der misdaad (The victims of crime) 2 0
*Stella 0 1
*Schuldig of niet? (Guilty or not?) 2 0
*Verborgen misdaad (Hidden crime) 2 0
*Een vreeselijk vermoeden (A terrible suspicion) 2 0
*Liefde en plicht (Love and duty) 2 0
*Het wandelpark (The strolling park) 1 0
*Le secret de Mlle Aurore 2 0
*De jonge erfgenaam (The young heir) 2 0
*In Acht und Bann [The Summer Tourist?] 0 1
*Voor 't oog der wereld (Before the eye of the world) 4 0

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Circulations of Braddon, Mary Elizabeth, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Braddon, Mary Elizabeth, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

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*An advertisement of the swedish translation Tvillingarna (Twins) Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1863 -
*Art. in Magazin für die Literatur des Auslandes Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1864 comments on person
*An advertisement of the swedish translation De Lottlöse (The portionless ones) Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1864 -
*Art. in Magazin für die Literatur des Auslandes Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1865 comments on person
*Mention in art. in De Gids Gorter, Simon 1868 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids *Mention in Art. in De Gids Boissevain, Charles 1869 -
*Mention in article in De Gids Pieter Nicolaas Muller 1869 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Verwijs, Eelco 1871 -
*An advertisement of a book called The dreaded guest Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1876 -
Razne reči Various Issues Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1880 -
Plodoviti pisatelji Prolific writers Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1898 -
*Concerning Braddon - documents to be specified Unknown reader (to be identified) 1900 -
Unknown creator, portrait of Mary Elizabeth Braddon, circa 1875. None is portrait of

MENTIONED IN:
- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "Mrs. Oliphant described her as 'the inventor of the fair-haired demon of modern fiction'".
- De Vries, Een stad vol lezers 2011

Cf.
- Wolff, R.L., The sensational Victorian: the Life and Fiction of Braddon

Wrote for money, 11 children to be fed.

KLK 1904