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Works
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Found 80 records
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Author
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Title
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Year
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Country
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Genre
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1 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Lady Audley's Secret |
1862 |
England |
novel
|
2 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Ralph the Bailiff |
1862 |
England |
short story/ies
|
3 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Captain of the Vulture |
1862 |
England |
novel
|
4 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
The lady Lisle |
1862 |
England |
novel
|
5 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Aurora Floyd |
1863 |
England |
novel
|
6 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
John Marchmont's Legacy |
1863 |
England |
novel
|
7 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Eleanor's victory |
1863 |
England |
novel
|
8 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
The doctor's wife |
1864 |
England |
novel
|
9 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Henry Dunbar: The story of an outcast |
1864 |
England |
novel
|
10 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Sir Jasper's tenant |
1865 |
England |
novel
|
11 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Only a clod |
1865 |
England |
novel
|
12 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Sir Jasper's Tenant |
1865 |
England |
novel
|
13 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
The Lady's mile |
1866 |
England |
novel
|
14 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
The black band |
1866 |
England |
novel
|
15 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Rupert Godwin |
1867 |
England |
novel
|
16 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Circe |
1867 |
England |
novel
|
17 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Birds of Prey |
1867 |
England |
novel
|
18 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Charlotte’s Inheritance |
1868 |
England |
novel
|
19 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Dead-Sea Fruit |
1868 |
England |
novel
|
20 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Run to earth: a novel |
1868 |
England |
novel
|
21 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*The banker's secret |
1870 |
England |
novel
|
22 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Noel Markby: or the relative from Jamaica, a no... |
1870 |
England |
novel
|
23 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Fenton's quest |
1871 |
England |
novel
|
24 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
The Lovels of Arden |
1871 |
England |
novel
|
25 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Robert Ainsleigh |
1872 |
England |
novel
|
26 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
To the bitter end |
1872 |
England |
novel
|
27 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Lucius Davoren |
1873 |
England |
novel
|
28 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Strangers and pilgrims |
1873 |
England |
novel
|
29 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Lost For Love |
1874 |
England |
novel
|
30 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Taken at the flood |
1874 |
England |
novel
|
31 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
A strange World |
1875 |
England |
novel
|
32 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Hostages to fortune |
1875 |
England |
novel
|
33 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
The Dreaded Guest and other tales |
1875 |
England |
novel
|
34 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Dead men's shoes |
1876 |
England |
novel
|
35 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Joshua Haggard's daughter |
1876 |
England |
novel
|
36 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
In great waters and other tales |
1877 |
England |
short story/ies
|
37 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Weavers and weft |
1877 |
England |
novel
|
38 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
An open verdict |
1878 |
England |
novel
|
39 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
The Cloven Foot |
1879 |
England |
novel
|
40 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Vixen |
1879 |
England |
novel
|
41 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Een natuurkind (A child of nature) |
1880 |
England |
novel
|
42 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Just as I am |
1880 |
England |
novel
|
43 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
The story of Barbara |
1880 |
England |
novel
|
44 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Lizzie |
1880 |
England |
|
45 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Vergulde ketenen (Gold chains) |
1881 |
England |
novel
|
46 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Mount royal |
1882 |
England |
novel
|
47 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Flower and Weed |
1882 |
England |
novel
|
48 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Phantom fortune |
1883 |
England |
novel
|
49 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
The golden calf |
1883 |
England |
novel
|
50 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Under the Red Flag |
1884 |
Germany |
novel
|
51 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Ishmael |
1884 |
England |
novel
|
52 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Wyllard's Weird |
1885 |
England |
novel
|
53 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
One Thing Needful |
1886 |
England |
novel
|
54 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
One thing needful |
1886 |
England |
novel
|
55 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
The Fatal Three |
1888 |
England |
novel
|
56 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
The day will come |
1889 |
England |
novel
|
57 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
One life, one love |
1890 |
England |
novel
|
58 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
Thou art the man |
1894 |
England |
novel
|
59 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Nora's youthful follies |
1900 |
England |
novel
|
60 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Two brothers |
1900 |
England |
novel
|
61 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*His sister's avenger |
1900 |
England |
novel
|
62 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Evil powers |
1900 |
England |
novel
|
63 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*De jonge erfgenaam (The young heir) |
|
England |
novel
|
64 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*In hooge kringen (In high circles) |
|
England |
novel
|
65 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Schuldig of niet? (Guilty or not?) |
|
England |
novel
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66 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Een vreeselijk vermoeden (A terrible suspicion) |
|
England |
novel
|
67 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*In Acht und Bann [The Summer Tourist?] |
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England |
|
68 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Mij is de wrake (Revenge is mine) |
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England |
novel
|
69 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Stella |
|
England |
to be specified
|
70 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Hare eer gered (Her honor saved) |
|
England |
novel
|
71 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Mary Elizabeth Braddon, the author |
|
England |
irrelevant
|
72 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Le locataire de Gaspard |
|
England |
novel
|
73 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Listen en lagen (Tricks and layers) |
|
England |
novel
|
74 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Verborgen misdaad (Hidden crime) |
|
England |
novel
|
75 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Voor 't oog der wereld (Before the eye of the w... |
|
England |
novel
|
76 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Een angel in 't hart (A sting in the heart) |
|
England |
|
77 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Le secret de Mlle Aurore |
|
England |
novel
|
78 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Liefde en plicht (Love and duty) |
|
England |
novel
|
79 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*De slagtoffers der misdaad (The victims of crime) |
|
England |
novel
|
80 |
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth |
*Het wandelpark (The strolling park) |
|
England |
novel
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