· THE DEAD SECRET. by Wilkie Collins ‧ RELEASE DATE: Dec. 1, Master Victorian entertainer Collins’s fourth novel, and the first to be serialized in weekly installments, dates from It begins at Porthgenna Tower, the Cornish estate of Captain Treverton, at the deathbed of the Captain’s wife. Before she dies, she insists on having her trusted maid, Sarah Leeson, write her . The Dead Secret was Wilkie Collins's fourth published novel. Like its predecessor Hide and Seek, the "secret" and the mystery are made clear to the reader, though not to the novel's characters, at an early stage. The obsessed and arguably deranged Sarah prefigures the character of Hester Dethridge in Collins's Man and Wife, and more distantly those of Lydia Gwilt in Armadale and the female /5(). Wilkie Collins is probably the most accessible author of the nineteenth century, and this is another excellent novel. It does not quite match The Woman in White, but that is an absolute masterpiece. The Dead Secret does not fall far short though, and as well as the excellent plot and characters, this novel gives another great insight into Victorian Britain/5().
William Wilkie Collins (8 January - 23 September ) was an English novelist and playwright known for The Woman in White (), and for The Collins's novel The Dead Secret was serialised in Household Words from January to June , before being published in volume form by Bradbury. 'The secret between us will remain a Dead Secret to the end of the world!' [Plot Summary] [Publishing History]. Smith, Elder yellowback. The first full length novel by Collins specifically written for serialisation. Dedicated to Edward Pigott. Collins's introduction reveals he wrote the story to show. Main The Dead Secret. The Dead Secret. Wilkie Collins.
The Dead Secret was Wilkie Collins's fourth published novel. Like its predecessor Hide and Seek, the "secret" and the mystery are made clear to the reader, though not to the novel's characters, at an early stage. The obsessed and arguably deranged Sarah prefigures the character of Hester Dethridge in Collins's Man and Wife, and more distantly those of Lydia Gwilt in Armadale and the female protagonist of his late novel, The Haunted Hotel. The Dead Secret was the fourth of his novels to be published, unveiled in to Victorian readers in serial format in Household Words, the magazine edited by his friend Charles Dickens. It was the first full length novel that Collins wrote specifically for serialisation. The Dead Secret: By Wilkie Collins - Illustrated - Kindle edition by Wilkie Collins. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Dead Secret: By Wilkie Collins - Illustrated.
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