Beyond Victorian Vampirism
Do you know author Mary Elizabeth Braddon? For this week's Women in Horror Month, there are two FREE reads by Braddon, and audio versions of her short stories:
"Good Lady Ducayne," a story that has a scientific twist to the vampire theme. And, "At Chrighton Abbey." Think Downton Abbey with a ghost.
Stop by to experience a master author that too many of us have forgotten.
https://paulacappa.wordpress.com/2015...
"Good Lady Ducayne," a story that has a scientific twist to the vampire theme. And, "At Chrighton Abbey." Think Downton Abbey with a ghost.
Stop by to experience a master author that too many of us have forgotten.
https://paulacappa.wordpress.com/2015...
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Feb 13, 2015 05:52PM
Paula, I've read (and greatly enjoyed!) both stories before. Both of them can be found in the short Braddon collection,
(my review is here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/35757482 ). I hope to read more of her work one day.
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Terrific review, Werner. I agree about the plots being predictable and "her plots as unfolding with a certain grim, fated inevitability that's effective in creating an appropriate mood of foreboding in the reader," as you say. I didn't mind at all that I suspected where the story was going.
Thanks, Paula! Yes, I didn't mind that quality in her work, either.
