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Description
A mystery of unrelenting suspense and penetrating characterization, The Dead Secret explores the relationship between a fallen woman, her illegitimate daughter, and buried secrets in a superb blend of romance and Gothic drama. Reprinted here in the only critical edition available, is the text... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Rosamund Treverton: The deceased wife of Captain Treverton.
- Rosamund Frankland: The Treverton's only daughter.
- Leonard Frankland: Rosamund's husband
- Sarah Leeson: Rosamund's maid who dissapeared mysteriously after her death.
- Uncle Joseph: Sarah's uncle
First Sentence
'WILL she last out the night, I wonder?'
Table of Contents
1. The Twenty-Third of August, 1829
2. The Child
3. The Hiding of the Secret
1. Fifteen Years After
2. The Sale of Porthegena Tower
3. The Bride and Bridegroom
1. Timon of London
2. Will They Come?
3. Mrs. Jazeph
4. The New Nurse
5. A Council of Three
6. Another Surprise
1. A Plot Against the Secret
2. Outside the House
3. Inside the House
4. Mr. Munder on the Seat of Judgement
5. Mozart Plays Farewell
1. An Old Friend and a New Scheme
2. The Beginning of the End
3. Approaching the Precipice
4. Standing on the Brink
5. The Myrtle Room
6. The Telling of the Secret
1. Uncle Joseph
2. Waiting and Hoping
3. The Story of the Past
4. The Close of the Day
5. Forty Thousand Pounds
6. The Dawn of a New Life
Authors & Contributors
- Wilkie Collins (Author)
- Ira Bruce Nadel
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