The dead secret


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The Dead Secret


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"The secret between us will remain a Dead Secret to the end of the world."On her deathbed, a mother reveals a secret that will haunt her daughter's life, as she stumbles near its hidden venom, never guessing the danger lurking just an unintended consequence away.From the master of plot comes a tale that surprised even Charles Dickens with its ending.The Dead Secret was first serialized in Charles Dickens' Household Words, from January until June of 1857. Later that year, the novel was published in a single volume by Bardbury and Evans. In 1874, in honor of Wilkie Collins' visit to the United States, Harper & Brothers published an illustrated edition of the novel.










The Haunted Hotel and Other Strange Tales


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A collection of strange stories from Wilkie Collins, author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone. It also includes the novella, The Haunted Hotel, a combination of detective and ghost story set in Venice, a city of waterways and death.




The Dead Secret ... New Edition. - Scholar's Choice Edition


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