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Comment on Henry Dunbar by Henry Dunbar – M.E. Braddon/The Blood of the Vampire – Florence Marryat » Other Stories

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:44:05 +0000

[...] Henry Dunbar was Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s eighth acknowledged novel, originally published in 1864, two years after the 3 volume publication of her most famous novel, Lady Audley’s Secret. It is the story of the eponymous Henry Dunbar, who returns to England from India after having been banished there decades previously after some dodgy dealings with questionable cheques. Waiting for revenge after all this time is Joseph Wilmot, the young man severely wronged in the process by Dunbar. When, after a confrontation, Wilmot’s dead body is discovered, his daughter Margaret begins a campaigned of retribution upon Henry Dunbar. [...]

Comment on Weird Stories by Charlotte Riddell

Charlotte Riddell — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:51:36 +0000

[...] of Fen Court, City and Suburb, The Race for Wealth, and her collection of supernatural tales, Weird Stories. Like many Victorian women writers, she was the chief breadwinner and achieved a phenomenal [...]

Comment on Workers in the Dawn by Workers in the Dawn by George Gissing

Workers in the Dawn by George Gissing — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:25:57 +0000

[...] information is available on the Victorian Secrets [...]

Comment on Henry Dunbar by Recent acquisitions and festive musings

Recent acquisitions and festive musings — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:23:23 +0000

[...] of George Gissing’s first novel, edited by Debbie Harrison. Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s Henry Dunbar will be published in April, with an introduction and notes by Anne-Marie Beller. There will be two [...]

Comment on Workers in the Dawn by Recent acquisitions and festive musings

Recent acquisitions and festive musings — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:22:17 +0000

[...] to drain all my time and money, I shall be concentrating on just a few titles during 2010. Workers in the Dawn will be appearing in January, an impressive scholarly edition of George Gissing’s first [...]

Comment on Twilight Stories by End of Year Book Meme » Other Stories

End of Year Book Meme » Other Stories — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:22:47 +0000

[...] Oldest book read? Twilight Stories by Rhoda Broughton, originally published in 1873, but now in a shiny new edition by Victorian Secrets. [...]

Comment on Twilight Stories by Book memories meme » Other Stories

Book memories meme » Other Stories — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:17:12 +0000

[...] am proof-reading Twilight Stories by Rhoda Broughton for Catherine and Victorian Secrets. Other than that, I tried to read The Taste [...]

Comment on Weird Stories by Victorian Geek » Blog Archive » Victorian Secrets

Victorian Geek » Blog Archive » Victorian Secrets — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:39:03 +0000

[...] will also see George Gissing’s Workers in the Dawn, Charlotte Riddell’s Weird Stories, Rhoda Broughton’s Twilight Stories, and Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s Henry Dunbar. [...]

Comment on Workers in the Dawn by Victorian Geek » Blog Archive » Victorian Secrets

Victorian Geek » Blog Archive » Victorian Secrets — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:24:08 +0000

[...] will also see George Gissing’s Workers in the Dawn, Charlotte Riddell’s Weird Stories, Rhoda Broughton’s Twilight Stories, and Mary [...]

Comment on Forthcoming by Victorian Geek » Blog Archive » Recent acquisitions

Victorian Geek » Blog Archive » Recent acquisitions — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:22:45 +0000

[...] be largely autobiographical. Still, it was only a fiver in the Oxfam bookshop, and I shall be on very intimate terms with Mr Gissing over the next few [...]