Two sisters that are nothing alike. A grandmother with past secrets. A brother with a friend that is rich and of nobility that pretends to be poor( I won’t give away the reason). Many twists and turns as per usual with Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Phantom Fortune is a wonderful ride, from the first to la

Braddon is my current fixation based on how varied and outright weird her novels are, and what they say about the anxieties of late Victorian gentry. An amazing set up that like most of Braddon's novels, grows weaker toward the end. Some nice characterization in the proud, ambitious, and self defeat

I thought this was a well-written story with multiple overlapping plots, keeping my attention to the end. The shocking decadence of "the season" in London (is that what they got up to???) and double standards of the upper classes seem to be a deliberate theme through the book. It is a bit let down b

This book tells the love stories of two sisters and their grandmother, and how all three stories are intertwined. Two aspects I love about Braddon’s writing: we get to follow her characters through several different phases of their lives, and she lets us guess many of the story’s secrets early on, b

Highly entertaining Victorian pulp novel. Not as well crafted as some of ME Braddon's other works but enjoyable nonetheless.