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Author(s): Collins, Wilkie
Reader(s): Boulton, Nicholas
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA0495
Barcode: 9781781983577
Release Date: 10/2020
COLLINS, W.: Dead Secret (The) (Unabridged)
A masterful blend of Gothic drama and romance, Wilkie Collins’s mystery novel is an exploration of illegitimacy and inheritance. Set in Cornwall, the plot foreshadows The Woman in White with its themes of doubtful identity and deception, and involves a broad array of characters. The ‘secret’ of the book’s title is the true parentage of the book’s heroine, Rosamond Treverton, which has been written down and kept in an unused room at Porthgenna Tower. This is where, 20 years later, much of the novel’s action is set.
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1 | The Dead Secret | 10:41 |
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2 | Mrs Treverton's bed-chamber was a large, lofty room… | 11:46 |
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3 | Sarah started to her feet with a faint scream. | 12:57 |
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4 | Chapter 2: The Child | 11:25 |
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5 | Chapter 3: The Hiding of the Secret | 09:49 |
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6 | She knelt down, putting the letter on the boards… | 11:10 |
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7 | Book 2. Chapter 1: Fifteen Years After | 10:21 |
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8 | On the characteristic peculiarities of Miss Sturch's… | 11:16 |
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9 | 'Scarcely an accident,' said Doctor Chennery. | 09:13 |
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10 | Chapter 2: The Sale of Porthgenna Tower | 13:19 |
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11 | 'Captain Treverton was naturally a little astonished…' | 13:59 |
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12 | Chapter 3: The Bride and Bridegroom | 13:54 |
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13 | While Mrs Frankland was conferring the reward… | 09:57 |
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14 | Rosamond opened the letter, drew a stool to her… | 12:06 |
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15 | Book 3. Chapter 1: Timon of London | 09:30 |
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16 | The life these two led approached as nearly to the… | 10:28 |
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17 | Shrowl shifted the gridiron to a clear place in the fire… | 10:41 |
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18 | Chapter 2: Will They Come? | 10:12 |
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19 | Chapter 3: Mrs Jazeph | 10:41 |
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20 | Mrs Jazeph, standing just inside the door, looked… | 12:31 |
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21 | Chapter 4: The New Nurse | 11:11 |
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22 | When he first caught sight of her, her hands were… | 11:45 |
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23 | Fearing that she must have lost a child of her own… | 12:42 |
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24 | At that answer, Mrs Jazeph abruptly turned away… | 14:00 |
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25 | Chapter 5: A Council of Three | 08:13 |
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26 | 'Suppose you tell us, my dear, what led you to…' | 08:05 |
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27 | Chapter 6: Another Surprise | 14:24 |
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28 | Book 4. Chapter 1: A Plot Against the Secret | 07:58 |
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29 | Uncle Joseph shook his head at these last words, and… | 12:21 |
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30 | Uncle Joseph looked all round the room inquiringly… | 09:03 |
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31 | 'Ah! we are getting back into the straight road at last.' | 08:24 |
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32 | Chapter 2: Outside the House | 09:32 |
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33 | Throughout the whole journey, Uncle Joseph had not… | 11:48 |
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34 | They proceeded down the path without another… | 14:24 |
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35 | Chapter 3: Inside the House | 10:44 |
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36 | With those words, Mr Munder turned solemnly into… | 14:11 |
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37 | The lady in the quiet dress had vanished. | 14:19 |
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38 | Chapter 4: Mr Munder on the Seat of Judgement | 11:29 |
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39 | Mr Munder paused, to let that last irresistible appeal… | 12:15 |
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40 | Uncle Joseph's ruddy cheeks suddenly deepened in… | 11:01 |
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41 | Chapter 5: Mozart Plays Farewell | 08:52 |
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42 | The tears filled her eyes and shut out the view. | 11:45 |
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43 | Uncle Joseph rose from the sofa, and walked gently… | 12:15 |
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44 | Book 5. Chapter 1: An Old Friend and a New… | 08:02 |
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45 | Mr Frankland readily agreed to his wife's suggestion… | 07:51 |
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46 | Chapter 2: The Beginning of the End | 10:24 |
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47 | Before removing to another position, and contending… | 08:51 |
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48 | Chapter 3: Approaching the Precipice | 12:28 |
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49 | The examination of the housekeeper and the steward… | 13:07 |
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50 | Chapter 4: Standing on the Brink | 10:28 |
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51 | They went into the north garden, and there… | 09:01 |
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52 | Chapter 5: The Myrtle Room | 12:33 |
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53 | Rosamond retraced her steps to the place where he… | 11:11 |
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54 | Rosamond ran to her husband, seeing him start… | 11:51 |
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55 | Chapter 6: The Telling of the Secret | 10:57 |
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56 | 'And what is your idea, Rosamond?' he asked. | 12:41 |
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57 | Book 6. Chapter 1: Uncle Joseph | 11:44 |
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58 | Rosamond nestled closer to her husband's side. | 11:23 |
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59 | 'I pity her with my whole heart,' said Rosamond… | 12:20 |
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60 | Chapter 2: Waiting and Hoping | 11:00 |
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61 | Having heard the lawyer's objections to the end… | 12:44 |
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62 | The residence of the doctor was at some little… | 10:50 |
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63 | Chapter 3: The Story of the Past | 11:27 |
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64 | 'As Sarah began with me,' he said, 'so I, for my part…' | 14:45 |
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65 | At this point he broke the thread of the narrative… | 12:42 |
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66 | Chapter 4: The Close of Day | 11:03 |
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67 | Rosamond checked the tears that were rising in her… | 14:49 |
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68 | She looked across the bed at the table on the other… | 13:49 |
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69 | Chapter 5: Forty Thousand Pounds | 08:32 |
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70 | Rosamond had written the address of this second… | 11:36 |
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71 | Chapter 6: The Dawn of a New Life | 05:20 |
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