Description: The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description The first full length novel by Collins specifically written for serialisation. Dedicated to Edward Pigott. Collinss introduction reveals he wrote the story to show the influence of a heavy responsibility on a naturally timid woman, whose mind was neither strong enough to bear it, nor bold enough to drop it altogether. The tragic servant figure reappears as Rosanna Spearman in The Moonstone. A blind character is used again, to greater effect, in Poor Miss Finch, and Mr Phippen, the hypochondriac friend of Dr Chennery, foreshadows Mr Fairlie in The Woman in White (1860). Having previously tried my hand at short serial stories (collected and reprinted in After Dark, and The Queen of Hearts), I ventured on my first attempt, in this book, to produce a sustained work of fiction, intended for periodical publication during many successive weeks. The experiment proved successful both in this country and in America. Two of the characters which appear in these pages--Rosamond, and Uncle Joseph--had the good fortune to find friends everywhere who took a hearty liking to them. A more elaborately drawn personage in the story--Sarah Leeson--was, I think, less generally understood. The idea of tracing, in this character, the influence of a heavy responsibility on a naturally timid woman, whose mind was neither strong enough to bear it, nor bold enough to drop it altogether, was a favourite idea with me, at the time, and is so much a favourite still, that I privately give Sarah Leeson the place of honour in the little portrait-gallery which my story contains. Perhaps, in saying this, I am only acknowledging, in other words, that the parents of literary families share the well-known inconsistencies of parents in general . . . Details ISBN 1976049393 ISBN-13 9781976049392 Title The Dead Secret Author Wilkie Collins Format Paperback Year 2017 Pages 472 Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform GE_Item_ID:130102371; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9781976049392
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Book Title: Dead Secret : a Novel
Number of Pages: 470 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 1.1 in
Topic: Gothic
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 27.7 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Wilkie Collins
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
