{"product_id":"the-dead-secret-9791043137174","title":"The Dead Secret","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Wilkie Collins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient and Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003c\/strong\u003e Dead Secret\u003c\/strong\u003e is Wilkie \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e' fourth novel. It first appeared in serial form in \u003cstrong\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/strong\u003e' \u003cstrong\u003eHousehold Words\u003c\/strong\u003e magazine during \u003cstrong\u003e1856\u003c\/strong\u003e. Like many of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e' books, it features incidents and themes which were considered to be sensational at the time; in this case, sex before marriage, illegitimacy, and fraud.\u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003c\/strong\u003e novel opens with a scene at \u003cstrong\u003ePorthgenna Tower\u003c\/strong\u003e, a mansion in Cornwall, where the lady of the house, Mrs\u003cstrong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eTreverton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, is dying. On her deathbed, she tries to force her maidservant, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Leeson\u003c\/strong\u003e, to swear that she will give a letter Mrs\u003cstrong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eTreverton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e has written to her husband, Captain \u003cstrong\u003eTreverton\u003c\/strong\u003e, once she is dead. \u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003c\/strong\u003e letter reveals an important family secret in which \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is deeply involved and which she consequently is desperately unwilling to pass on. Mrs\u003cstrong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eTreverton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e succeeds in making \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e swear not to destroy the letter or remove it from the house, but dies before making the young woman swear to give the letter to the Captain. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e therefore finds a place to conceal it within the house.\u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003c\/strong\u003e rest of the novel deals with Rosamond, the \u003cstrong\u003eTreverton\u003c\/strong\u003e's daughter, who grows to adulthood and marries \u003cstrong\u003eLeonard \u003cstrong\u003eFranklin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, a young man of a well-to-do family, who is afflicted with blindness. \u003cstrong\u003eFranklin\u003c\/strong\u003e purchases \u003cstrong\u003ePorthgenna Tower\u003c\/strong\u003e after the Captain's death, and the couple plan to move into the property and renovate it. Doing so, however, means that they are likely to uncover the hidden letter concealing the family secret.While critics don't consider \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003c\/strong\u003e Dead Secret\u003c\/strong\u003e to be one of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e' best novels, it contains some of the same elements of mystery and suspense as \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003c\/strong\u003e Woman\u003c\/strong\u003e in White and \u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003c\/strong\u003e Moonstone, and much of his characteristic wry humor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Prairies Numeriques","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47776369934487,"sku":"9791043137174","price":2640.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9791043137174.webp?v=1777995841","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-dead-secret-9791043137174","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}