Description
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Braddon’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* 22 novels, with individual contents tables
* Rare novels appearing here for the first time, including Braddon’s first novel, last novel and her supernatural masterpiece GERARD, OR THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL
* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* The children’s book THE CHRISTMAS HIRELINGS is also included, with all of the original festive illustrations
* Braddon’s first collection of short stories RALPH THE BAILIFF AND OTHER TALES, featuring many of the author’s seminal tales — available in no other collection
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories
* Easily locate the short stories you want to read
* Includes one of Braddon’s scarce plays
* Features a memoir by the author, concerning the composition of her first novel
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
CONTENTS:
The Novels
THREE TIMES DEAD, OR THE SECRET OF THE HEATH (THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT)
CAPTAIN OF THE VULTURE
LADY AUDLEY’S SECRET
AURORA FLOYD
JOHN MARCHMONT’S LEGACY
THE DOCTOR’S WIFE
HENRY DUNBAR
BIRDS OF PREY
CHARLOTTE’S INHERITANCE
RUN TO EARTH
FENTON’S QUEST
THE LOVELS OF ARDEN
THE CLOVEN FOOT
VIXEN
MOUNT ROYAL
PHANTOM FORTUNE
THE GOLDEN CALF
MOHAWKS
GERARD, OR THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL
LONDON PRIDE
HIS DARLING SIN
MARY
The Children’s Book
THE CHRISTMAS HIRELINGS
The Shorter Fiction
RALPH THE BAILIFF AND OTHER TALES
MILLY DARRELL
FLOWER AND WEED, AND OTHER TALES
The Short Stories
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
The Play
MARJORIE DAW
The Memoir
MY FIRST NOVEL: ‘THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT’
