Mary Elizabeth Braddon wrote at a period when the terms of literature itself were being argued over.
The record lists Mary Elizabeth Braddon as English author (1835-1915).
Mary Elizabeth Braddon was born at London in 1835. Her recorded nationality is United Kingdom.
The nineteenth century was the age of the serialised novel and mass literacy; writers reached audiences of a size never seen before.
She worked as writer, novelist and playwright.
The writing is recorded in English.
Her name is attached above all to 1862 novel Lady Audley's Secret, which is considered one of the foundational examples of sensation fiction. Books outlive their reviews, and the ones that last are seldom the ones that sold best.
That the work was written from United Kingdom matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Mary Elizabeth Braddon died in 1915, aged 80. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
