![]() ![]() She married John Maxwell, her publisher, in 1874, and became a mother. She continued her literary activities and produced numerous novels, including many of a sensational nature, most of which met with enthusiastic reception. Various editions were produced for the next 30 years. Aurora Floyd, published in 1863, was not as well known but seems to have been successful at the time. The royalties from Lady Audley's Secret were sufficient to make her life comfortable from that point forward. Dramatized, it went on to be one of the great favorites of the English-speaking stage, taking its place with East Lynne, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Hazel Kirke, and other suspense-filled melodramatic works. She began her writing activity in 1856, and in 1862 a serial novel, Lady Audley's Secret, was published and became a best seller. Her brother later became the premier of Tasmania. Her father was a writer of sports columns and articles, and thus he set the stage for Mary Elizabeth's activities. ![]() Thompson (Conyers)īACKGROUND OF THE SCENARIO: Aurora Floyd was from the pen of Mary Elizabeth Braddon, born in London in 1837. Barnes (father), William Garwood, Maude Fealy, David H. Scenario: From Mary Elizabeth Braddon's novelĬast: Florence LaBadie (Aurora Floyd), Harry Benham (second husband), Justus D. ![]()
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