The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins

The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins explores the consequences of a dying woman's revelation to her maid, which sets off a complex tale of deception, guilt, and the conflict between duty and personal desire. As the characters navigate this web of secrets, they confront the moral dilemmas that arise from their choices.

By Wilkie Collins · First published 1857 · Genre: Mystery, Gothic Fiction, Victorian Literature · 29 chapters

Contents

• The Twenty-Third of August, 1829
• Fifteen Years After
• Timon of London
• A Plot against the Secret
• An Old Friend and a New Scheme
• Uncle Joseph
• The Child
• The Sale of Porthgenna Tower
• Will they Come?
• Outside the House
• The Beginning of the End
• Waiting and Hoping
• The Hiding of the Secret
• The Bride and Bridegroom
• Mrs. Jazeph
• Inside the House
• Approaching the Precipice
• The Story of the Past
• The New Nurse
• Mr. Munder on the Seat of Judgment
• Standing on the Brink
• The Close of Day
• A Council of Three
• Mozart Plays Farewell
• The Myrtle Room
• Forty Thousand Pounds
• Another Surprise
• The Telling of the Secret
• The Dawn of a New Life

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