Rhoda Broughton - Paperbackby Tamar Heller (Author) Rhoda Broughton (1840 1920), whose career spanned over fifty years, was one of the most popular writers of the late Victorian era. She burst into literary prominence and notoriety in 1867, with the publication in volume form of her first two novels, Not Wisely, but Too Well and Cometh Up as a Flower. Starring respectable young women teetering on the brink of sexual fall, both books were assailed by critics as immoral and