Since the first publication of her groundbreaking sensation novel 'Lady Audley's Secret' in 1862, M. E. Braddon's works have gripped the imagination of readers across the world for over one hundred and fifty years. This comprehensive eBook presents the many diverse works of M. E. Braddon, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with imag...

A governess with no past marries a rich baronet, and her new nephew begins to wonder what became of the friend who disappeared the week she arrived. Braddon put the danger not in a foreign villain or a ruined castle but in a charming Englishwoman with a locket, and Victorian readers bought it faster than they bought Dickens. Paintings of country estates, candlelit corridors and the lime-tree avenue; Gilded Library ornament of locket, phial and well.

Alexis returns to Dorley determined to leave, only to find his feelings for Linda Challice impossible to ignore. At breakfast, she answers village gossip about the child Trot with a quiet, devastating honesty: the boy, christened William but nicknamed for his restless ways, was brought to her half-dead by a starving young mother who refused to name herself, then vanished after leaving only vague promises and anonymous bank notes. Alexis is deeply moved by Linda's steadfast kindness and pro...

Sibyl Faunthorpe begins in the depths of humiliation, alone on Battersea Bridge in shabby clothes, reading a letter that promises a sudden reversal of fortune. Her long-absent Uncle Stephen Trenchard, now a wealthy and eccentric returnee from India, has come back to England and is summoning his nieces to Redcastle, where inheritance, favor, and family ambition begin to shape every hope. But Sibyl—now Mrs. Stanmore—has not escaped into comfort. She lives in shabby Chelsea, burdened by pover...

Sibyl Faunthorpe moves through a world where courtship is never merely personal. Sir Wilford Cardonnel's polished attentions, backed by his formidable sister Phœbe and the prestige of the How, expose the gulf between county aristocracy and prosperous newcomers like the Trenchards, while her uncle Stephen eagerly imagines a brilliant marriage that would secure Sibyl's future and status. But Sibyl resists more fiercely than anyone realizes: beneath her composure lies a secret devotion to ano...

M.E. Braddon was a popular British writer during the Victorian Era. Among Braddon’s best known novels are Lady Audley’s Secret and Aurora Floyd. This edition of Good Lady Ducayne includes a table of contents.

M.E. Braddon was a popular British writer during the Victorian Era. Among Braddon’s best known novels are Lady Audley’s Secret and Aurora Floyd. This edition of Eveline’s Visitant includes a table of contents.

M.E. Braddon was a popular British writer during the Victorian Era. Among Braddon’s best known novels are Lady Audley’s Secret and Aurora Floyd. This edition of The Shadow in the Corner includes a table of contents.

M.E. Braddon was a popular British writer during the Victorian Era. Among Braddon's best known novels are Lady Audley’s Secret and Aurora Floyd. This edition of The Cold Embrace includes a table of contents.

M.E. Braddon was a popular British writer during the Victorian Era. Among Braddon’s best known novels are Lady Audley’s Secret and Aurora Floyd. This edition of London Pride includes a table of contents.

M.E. Braddon was a popular British writer during the Victorian Era. Among Braddon’s best known novels are Lady Audley’s Secret and Aurora Floyd. This edition of Eleanor’s Victory includes a table of contents.

A governess with no past marries a rich baronet, and her new nephew begins to wonder what became of the friend who disappeared the week she arrived. Braddon acted on stage under a false name to keep her mother, then wrote eighty novels; this one made her fortune and defined the sensation novel — bigamy, arson and a body down a well, in the drawing rooms readers actually lived in.