Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Mary Elizabeth Braddon | |
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Portrait of Braddon, circa 1875 | |
| Born | 4 October 1835 Soho, London, England |
| Died | 4 February 1915 (aged 79) Richmond, Surrey |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Sensation novels |
| Years active | 1860—1910 |
| Notable works | Lady Audley's Secret (1862) Aurora Floyd (1863) |
| Spouse | John Maxwell |
Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1835 – 4 February 1915) was an English popular novelist of the Victorian era. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret, which has also been dramatised and filmed several times. Her novel Circe (1867) was published under the pseudonym Babington White.