In the latter years of the nineteenth century, Mary Elizabeth Braddon was one of the best known, and best-selling, authors of the day. Arnold Bennett described her, in 1901, as “part of England”, and wrote that while some might know of Hardy or Meredith, everyone knew of Miss Braddon.
The Cold Embrace and Other Uncollected Ghost Stories gathers rare and uncollected supernatural tales from Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s long career, including the celebrated title story and other phantoms of jealousy, madness, and revenge.