The Dead Secret: A Novel: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The Dead Secret: A Novel is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Collins, Wilkie (1824–1889).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Dead Secret: A Novel" by Wilkie Collins is a novel published in 1857. A dying woman's confession sets a devastating secret in motion—one that reveals the true parentage of Rosamond Treverton, raised as a wealthy heiress at Porthgenna Tower. Twenty years later, a hidden letter threatens to unravel everything when Rosamond and her blind husband Leonard return to the estate. As the truth emerges, questions of inheritance, legitimacy, and acceptance hang in the balance in this early sensation novel.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Dead Secret: A Novel
- Author credits: Collins, Wilkie (1824–1889)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Cornwall (England : County) -- Fiction
- Gothic fiction
- Illegitimate children -- Fiction
- Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Novels
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