Wyllard's Weird
A Novel

To all the carefree youth who weren't born a century or two ago: I may not understand you, but I do want to be helpful. The "weird" in this book's title is a form of the word "wyrd" and so the definition is of course not from the modern usage, but the archaic one meaning "fate" or "destiny". And so......more

I loved this book because when I find a piece of literature like this that I didn't know existed it's exciting. It's a murder mystery that came before such things as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It has been out of print for many years and I love to see an old classic brought out of r......more

This was a pretty decent Victorian melodrama-mystery in Braddon's characteristic style, but the edge was rather taken off it for me by the fact that I correctly guessed the culprit within the first two chapters, even before I knew what the motive was! (Also, I got pretty impatient with yet another su......more

3.75⭐️ All the sensation novel tropes thrown in a big melodrama pot and simmered until done. Wylllard's Weird isn't as intense as Lady Audley's Secret or John Marchmont's Legacy (obvs), but it has a lot of merits.......more

What an engrossing & charming read! You know the ‘mystery’ from almost the very beginning but you are still hooked till the very end. I love Braddon ♥️......more