Rhoda Broughton
Broughton was the most popular of the minor Victorian sensation novelists, whose frank portrayals of female passion and disregard for propriety made her novels bestsellers. Not Wisely but Too Well was considered dangerously sensational.
Works
- Not Wisely but Too WellNovel about a woman's destructive passion for an unsuitable man with tragic consequences
- Cometh Up as a FlowerNovel following a woman's romantic awakening and moral choices during her youth
- Red as a Rose Is SheNovel exploring forbidden love and social scandal among upper-class society
- Good-bye SweetheartNovel centered on a woman's emotional journey through love and heartbreak
- BelindaNovel depicting the life and loves of a woman navigating Victorian society