The Octoroon

Mary Elizabeth Braddon was a prominent Victorian author from England who wrote from 4 October 1835 to 4 February 1915. Her 1862 bestseller Lady Audley's Secret, which has been dramatized and adapted into cinema several times, is her best-known work. Mary Elizabeth Braddon was raised privately and was born in London's Soho. She moved in with John Maxwell (1824-1895) after they became friends in 1861. With Mary Ann Crowley, with whom he had five children, Maxwell was already wed. Crowley was residing with her family, while Maxwell and Braddon were residing as husband and wife. Up until Maxwell's wife passed away in 1874, Mary raised his kids as their stepmother. Mary Elizabeth Braddon passed away in Richmond on February 4th, 1915, and was buried there. In addition to the ghost stories ""The Cold Embrace,"" ""Eveline's Visitant,"" and ""At Chrighton Abbey,"" Braddon also authored the bargain with the devil tale ""Gerard or The World, the Flesh, and the Devil"" (1891).