My Lady's Money & The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices

My Lady's Money & The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices

Author: Collins W.

Publisher: Рипол Классик

Published:

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 5521076557

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Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. My Lady’s Money, published in 1879, is a novel that centers around a rich woman who is a victim of theft. There are a lot of possible suspects she must sort through. One of them – an honest girl Isabella. The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices tells the story of sightseeing trip to Cumberland of Charles Dickens and his friend, the rising star of literature, Wilkie Collins. Writing together, they reported their adventures for Dickens’ periodical Household Words, producing a showcase of both long-cherished and entirely novel sides of these well-loved men of letters.


The Dead Secret

The Dead Secret

Author: Wilkie Collins

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2008-07-10

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1427060525

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Wilkie Collins The Dead Secret (1857) begins with the death bed confession of Mrs Treverton that will take her family by storm. The maid, Sarah Leeson, against the dying wish of Mrs Treverton, hides the letter, and thus the disaster is delayed but not averted. Rosamond, her daughter, who is married to a blind man, gives birth prematurely and is doomed to be the worst hit by the dying confession, which details buried secrets and the relationship of a fallen woman with her illegitimate daughter.