Delphi Complete Works of Rhoda Broughton (Illustrated‪)‬

A Welsh author of the late Victorian period, Rhoda Broughton earned a reputation for writing sensational novels, being called a queen of the circulating libraries. She was a niece of the gothic writer Sheridan le Fanu, who helped launch her career. A critic of a woman’s role and position in society, Broughton penned novels that featured female characters of a “New Woman” type, who care little for social conventions and fight social injustices. This eBook presents Broughton’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Broughton’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the major texts
* All 25 novels, with individual contents tables
* Many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Rare short stories in no other collection
* Features a brief biography
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres

CONTENTS:

The Novels
Not Wisely, but Too Well (1867)
Cometh Up as a Flower (1867)
Red as a Rose is She (1870)
Good-bye, Sweetheart! (1872)
Nancy (1873)
Joan (1876)
Second Thoughts (1880)
Belinda (1883)
Doctor Cupid (1886)
Alas! (1890)
A Widower Indeed (1891)
Mrs Bligh (1892)
A Beginner (1893)
Scylla or Charybdis? (1895)
Dear Faustina (1897)
The Game and the Candle (1899)
Foes in Law (1899)
Lavinia (1902)
A Waif’s Progress (1905)
Mamma (1908)
The Devil and the Deep Sea (1910)
Between Two Stools (1912)
Concerning a Vow (1914)
Thorn in the Flesh (1917)
A Fool in Her Folly (1920)

The Shorter Fiction
Tales for Christmas Eve (1872)
Betty’s Visions and Mrs Smith of Longmains (1886)

The Biography
Rhoda Broughton (1927) by Myra Curtis