MEB
's first publications included verse in The Beverley Recorder. A patron, John Gilby
, volunteered to underwrite the production and publication of a volume of her poetry, stipulating that the principal piece should...
Family and Intimate relationships
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
While appearing on stage MEB
must have found it a challenge to protect herself from unwanted sexual attentions. She attracted the attention, apparently without meeting disapproval from her mother, of newspaper proprietor Charles Bray
(who...
