Braddon Collection  

Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915) was a prolific nineteenth-century novelist known best for her first published work, Lady Audley’s Secret. She was also the sister of Sir Edward Braddon, Premier of Tasmania 1897-99 and a leading figure in the Federation movement. Although ME Braddon never visited Tasmania, Sir Edward’s grandson, Henry Maxwell, presented to the State Library of Tasmania this collection of thirty bound volumes of the original manuscripts of her novels and short stories, as well as a few of the published works. The Mary Elizabeth Braddon website includes a detailed description of the State Library’s collection. This is housed in the Tasmaniana Library.