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The Dead Secret

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width: 6 in Author: Wilkie Collins Item Width: 6 in Language: English Number of Pages: 364 Pages Book Title: Dead Secret Publication Year: 2017 Genre: Fiction height: 0.8 in ISBN: 9781546595526 Item Height: 0.8 in Format: Trade Paperback Item Length: 9 in Topic: Classics Item Weight: 22 Oz Publisher: CreateSpace

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The Dead Secret. Title: The Dead Secret. Number of Pages: 366. Weight: 1.08 lbs. Publication Date: 2017-05-10. Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: The Dead Secret ISBN13: 9781546595526 ISBN10: 154659552X Author: Collins, Wilkie (Author) Description: (This is a RePrint) - Born Into The Family Of Painter William Collins In London, Wilkie Lived With His Family In Italy And France As A Child And Learned French And Italian After His First Novel Antonina Was Published In 1850, He Met Charles Dickens, Who Became A Close Friend, Mentor And Collaborator Some Of Collins's Works Were First Published In Dickens' Journals All The Year Round And Household Words And The Two Collaborated On Dramatic And Fictional Works 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 Favorite Idea With Me, At The Time, And Is So Much A Favorite Still, That I Privately Give Sarah Leeson The Place Of Honor 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, And Are Sometimes Unreasonably Fond Of The Child Who Has Always Given Them The Most Trouble -- Wilkie Collins, January, 1861 Includes Vintage Illustration Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Publication Date: 2017-05-10 Weight: 1.08 lbs Dimensions: 0.76'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' W Number of Pages: 366 Language: English

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