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The Dead Secret

Wilkie Collins

BOOK TYPE
Novel
READING TIME
About 11.7 hours
WORDS
140,276
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About this book

A maidservant is forced by her dying mistress to conceal a deep family secret, at great personal cost to herself.

Novel

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  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Book I
    1. I: The Twenty-Third of August, 1829
    2. II: The Child
    3. III: The Hiding of the Secret
  4. Book II
    1. I: Fifteen Years After
    2. II: The Sale of Porthgenna Tower
    3. III: The Bride and Bridegroom
  5. Book III
    1. I: Timon of London
    2. II: Will They Come?
    3. III: Mrs. Jazeph
    4. IV: The New Nurse
    5. V: A Council of Three
    6. VI: Another Surprise
  6. Book IV
    1. I: A Plot Against the Secret
    2. II: Outside the House
    3. III: Inside the House
    4. IV: Mr. Munder on the Seat of Judgment
    5. V: Mozart Plays Farewell
  7. Book V
    1. I: An Old Friend and a New Scheme
    2. II: The Beginning of the End
    3. III: Approaching the Precipice
    4. IV: Standing on the Brink
    5. V: The Myrtle Room
    6. VI: The Telling of the Secret
  8. Book VI
    1. I: Uncle Joseph
    2. II: Waiting and Hoping
    3. III: The Story of the Past
    4. IV: The Close of Day
    5. V: Forty Thousand Pounds
    6. VI: The Dawn of a New Life
  9. Colophon
  10. Uncopyright

Edition & source

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SOURCE PUBLICATION DATE
2021-12-18
SOURCE EDITION UPDATED
2026-09-04
ADDED TO iREADALL
2026-10-13
Edition contributors
  • The League of Moveable Type (tyd)
  • Wilkie Collins (aut)
  • Benjamin Williams Leader (art)
  • Melissa McDaniel (trc)
  • Distributed Proofreaders (trc)
  • David Grigg (bkp, blw, cov, mrk, pfr, tyg)
  • B. Timothy Keith (pfr)
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