Braddon, Mary Elizabeth

Mary Elizabeth (1837-), an English novelist. She was the daughter of a London solicitor and became the wife of John Maxwell, a publisher. She was the author of many popular novels. Among them Lady Audley's Secret, Eleanor's Victory, Dead Sea Fruit, and The Fatal Three may be mentioned. She conducted Belgravia, a London magazine, in which many of her stories were first published. She wrote over sixty novels. They are read little at present, being of the sensational type no longer popular. Miss Braddon's work in England corresponds to that of Mrs. Southworth in the United States.