Milly Darrell

by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Milly Darrell by M. E. Braddon has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

Genres: Classics, British Literature

90 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1873

About the author

Mary Elizabeth Braddon was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She was an extremely prolific writer, producing some 75 novels with very inventive plots. The most famous one is her first novel, Lady Audley's Secret (1862), which won her recognition and fortune as well. The novel has been in print ever since, and has been dramatised and filmed several times.

Braddon also founded Belgravia Magazine (1866), which presented readers with serialized sensation novels, poems, travel narratives, and biographies, as well as essays on fashion, history, science. She also edited Temple Bar Magazine. Braddon's legacy is tied to the Sensation Fiction of the 1860s.

She is also the mother of novelist W.B. Maxwell.

Reviews

[Elizabeth (Alaska) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I do enjoy Mary Elizabeth Braddon. This is very short. Many could read it in an hour and as a slow reader it took me only a bit longer. There is a plot point which was all too obvious to provide a twist. Instead, it is what creates undercurrents. Does the old love resurface? And if it doesn't, what kind of collateral damage will it cause?

Even as short as it is, this is surely better than 3-stars, but given it's brevity it's hard to let it rise above much above truly good 4-star line.

[Cheryl · Rating 2 out of 5]

OK, but not the author's best. A bit predictable.

[Claire (Silver Linings and Pages) · Rating 4 out of 5]

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For many years now I’ve been a Wilkie Collins fan, and The Woman in White is one of my most favourite novels. If Wilkie Collins is the King of Victorian sensationalism, then Mary Braddon is the Queen. About 9 years ago, I started to read her novels, and recently enjoyed this one. It’s a quick read with a simple, effective plot with all the elements/themes that the Victorians enjoyed; romance, suspense, disgrace, an enigmatic stepmother, inheritance and the woman’s role. It was very enjoyable although not quite as developed as the other Braddon novels I’ve read. However, it was nice to read something a bit shorter for a change.
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[Ian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Novella length piece of sensation fiction. A real page turner - my only disappointment was that it was so short.

[Pat · Rating 3 out of 5]

(Read in the Project Gutenberg transcription, which has a hideous number of typos.) Braddon sets up a nice little nasty family mystery, but the ending seems rushed. Yes, readers now are likely to solve the puzzle rather quickly--perhaps more quickly than 19th-century readers; certainly more quickly than the innocent, innocent narrator! But it's a nice little piece of a sensational novella. What lowered my rating is that the resolution is too quick, especially after all that nice build-up. But it's Braddon, and she was a terrific writer.

[Cami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Same author as 'Lady Audley Secret'. Good, quick read.

[Kay Robart · Rating 3 out of 5]

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