Biographies & Autobiographies, Personal Memoirs

Legacy of Cain

Name: Legacy of Cain
Author: Wilkie Collins
ISBN: 9780809594856

by Wilkie Collins

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Synopsis

When a condemned woman asks the local Minister to take her daughter home, the childless man is touched and finds himself unable to refuse. Yet the prisoner is unrepentant of the murder of her husband. Will her vices be passed on to this seemingly sweet child?

About the Author, Wilkie Collins

If you think Victorian literature is quaint, you haven t read anything by Wilkie Collins. Often considered the father of the English detective novel, Collins has thrilled readers with suspenseful gothic tales such as The Woman in White and The Moonstone.