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  • Mary Elizabeth Braddon - A Short Story Collection: A hugely popular Victorian author, she has become underrated over time but here we try and correct that.
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    The Cloven Foot

    April 9,
    Although a vicious crime lies at the heart of this story, it is less sensational than some other Braddon novels. I enjoyed it none the less for this. There's an amoral French dancer, bigamy and crime, treachery and envy (trying to avoid spoilers). But essentially the novel is about marriage. Bad marriages entered into lightly with unsuitable partners, which quickly turn sour and become a misery for all involved, and end in disaster. Contrasted with solid marriages based on mutual interests and values, a similar social background, trust and loyalty.

    The one thing I don't understand is the title, The Cloven Foot. It is clearly a reference to the devil. But if it is, is it purely a sensationalist title to sell more books? I can't see that any of the characters are being presented as devilish. Greedy, cheating and violent, yes, but not pure evil as one might associate with the devil.

    The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable defines "To show the cloven foot, i.e. to show a knavish intention, a base motive." In this light, it's more understandable, as the possible - and possibly base - motives of at least three characters are explored.

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    Novels

    1. The Octoroon ()
    2. Three Times Dead ()
    3. Lady Audley&#;s Secret ()
    4. Aurora Floyd ()
    5. Captain of the Vulture ()
    6. Eleanor&#;s Victory ()
    7. The Doctor&#;s Wife ()
    8. Henry Dunbar ()
    9. John Marchmont&#;s Legacy ()
    10. Only a Clod ()
    11. Sir Jasper&#;s Tenant ()
    12. Birds of Prey ()
    13. Circe ()
    14. The Lady&#;s Mile ()
    15. Rupert Godwin ()
    16. Charlotte&#;s Inheritance ()
    17. Dead Sea Fruit ()
    18. Run to Earth ()
    19. Fenton&#;s Quest ()
    20. The Lovels of Arden ()
    21. Robert Ainsleigh ()
    22. To the Bitter End ()
    23. Lucius Davoren ()
    24. Strangers and Pilgrims ()
    25. Lost for Love ()
    26. Taken at the Flood ()
    27. Hostages to Fortune ()
    28. A Strange World ()
    29. Dead Men&#;s Shoes ()
    30. Joshua Haggard&#;s Daughter ()
    31. An Open Verdict ()
    32. The Cloven Foot ()
    33. Vixen ()
    34. Just as I am ()
    35. The Story of Barbara ()
    36. Asphodel ()
    37. Meeting Her Fate ()
    38. Flower and Weed ()
    39. Mount Royal ()
    40. The Golden Calf ()
    41. Phantom Fortune ()
    42. Under the Red Flag ()
    43. Ishmael ()
    44. Wyllard&#;s Weird ()
    45. Cut by the County ()
    46. Mohawks ()
    47. One Thing Needful ()
    48. Like and Unlike ()
    49. The Fatal Three ()
    50. The Day Will Come ()
    51. One Life, One Love ()
    52. Gerard ()
    53. The Venetians ()
    54. All Along the River ()
    55. The Christmas Hirelings ()
    56. Thou Art the Man ()
    57. Sons of Fire ()
    58. London Pride ()
    59. Under Love&#;s Rule ()
    60. In High Places