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Collins Wilkie - The Dead Secret - Paperback
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Description: " Oh my God! to think of that kind - hearted lovely young woman who brings happiness with her wherever she goes bringing terror to me! Terror when her pitying eyes look at me; terror when her kind voice speaks to me; terror when her tender hand touches mind!" Porthgenna Tower on the remote western Cornish coast. Moments before her death Mrs Treverton dictates a secret to her maid never to be passed to her husband as she had instructed. Fifteen years later when Mrs Treverton's daughter Rosamond returns to Porthgenna with her blind husband Leonard she is intrigued by the strange and seemingly disturbed Mrs Jazeph's warning not to enter the Myrtle Room in the ruined north wing. Strong - minded and ingenious Rosamond's determined detective work uncovers shocking and unsettling truths beyond all expectation. A mystery of unrelenting suspense and psychologically penetrating characters 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. Wilkie Collins's fifth novel The Dead Secret anticipates the themes of his next novel The Woman in White in its treatment of mental illness disguise and deception and the dispossession of lost identity. Yet a series of comic figures offsets the tension from the dyspeptic Mr Phippen to the perpetually smiling governess Miss Sturch. Displaying the talent and energy which made Collins the most popular novelist of the 1860s The Dead Secret represents a crucial phase in Collins's rise as a mystery writer and was his first full - length novel written specifically for serialization. About THE Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up - to - date bibliographies for further study and much more.
Title: The Dead Secret
Author(s): Collins Wilkie, Nadel, Ira B. (Professor Of English, Professor Of English, University Of British Columbia, Vancouver)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780199536719
Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Date: 8/15/2008
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Category: Classic Fiction
Description: " Oh my God! to think of that kind - hearted lovely young woman who brings happiness with her wherever she goes bringing terror to me! Terror when her pitying eyes look at me; terror when her kind voice speaks to me; terror when her tender hand touches mind!" Porthgenna Tower on the remote western Cornish coast. Moments before her death Mrs Treverton dictates a secret to her maid never to be passed to her husband as she had instructed. Fifteen years later when Mrs Treverton's daughter Rosamond returns to Porthgenna with her blind husband Leonard she is intrigued by the strange and seemingly disturbed Mrs Jazeph's warning not to enter the Myrtle Room in the ruined north wing. Strong - minded and ingenious Rosamond's determined detective work uncovers shocking and unsettling truths beyond all expectation. A mystery of unrelenting suspense and psychologically penetrating characters 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. Wilkie Collins's fifth novel The Dead Secret anticipates the themes of his next novel The Woman in White in its treatment of mental illness disguise and deception and the dispossession of lost identity. Yet a series of comic figures offsets the tension from the dyspeptic Mr Phippen to the perpetually smiling governess Miss Sturch. Displaying the talent and energy which made Collins the most popular novelist of the 1860s The Dead Secret represents a crucial phase in Collins's rise as a mystery writer and was his first full - length novel written specifically for serialization. About THE Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up - to - date bibliographies for further study and much more.
Title: The Dead Secret
Author(s): Collins Wilkie, Nadel, Ira B. (Professor Of English, Professor Of English, University Of British Columbia, Vancouver)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780199536719
Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Date: 8/15/2008
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Category: Classic Fiction
