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The Dead Secret: A Novel

The Dead Secret: A Novel

by Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

BookID: 43092

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 78.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Inheritance and succession -- FictionMothers and daughters -- FictionGothic fictionIllegitimate children -- Fiction

Description

"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. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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