Onstage, she is the star of the famous tragedies of the day, and it is often said that life mirrors art...

Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835 - 1915) was a well-known and successful author in Victorian England, yet her stunning short ghost stories have mostly gone unremembered.

Each week this podcast will share one of these classic gothic gems.

Read and recorded by Holly Creed

Additional sound and original music by Abigail Macmillan

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