Description
A web of secrets tightens around a young couple when a wealthy, unsettling neighbor becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a brother’s disappearance in Venice. As courtship turns into marriage, the past resurfaces in the form of hidden identities, dangerous misunderstandings, and the moral burden of what must never be revealed. Braddon’s sensation-novel momentum carries readers from intimate domestic life to the wider shadows of travel, illness, and social reputation, where love is tested by jealousy and grief. With her signature Victorian blend of melodrama, psychological tension, and plot-driven intrigue, this 1892 novel explores themes of guilt, inheritance of violence, and the fragile performance of respectability.
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Published Jan 1, 1892
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First Published
1892
Language
eng
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