The Dead Secret

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The Dead Secret is a Victorian sensation novel by Wilkie Collins that blends mystery, family secrets, and psychological suspense in a Cornish setting.

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instanceOf Victorian sensation novel
novel
author Wilkie Collins NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstPublicationYear 1857
followedBy The Queen of Hearts NERFINISHED
genre mystery fiction
psychological fiction
sensation fiction
hasAdaptation stage adaptation
hasCharacter Andrew Treverton NERFINISHED
Leonard Frankland NERFINISHED
Mrs Treverton NERFINISHED
Rosamond Treverton NERFINISHED
Sarah Leeson NERFINISHED
Uncle Joseph NERFINISHED
hasCriticalReception regarded as an important early sensation novel
hasElement domestic mystery
dramatic revelation of a secret
psychological suspense
hasLiteraryMovement sensation novel movement
hasMotif confessional letter
hidden document
secret room
hasTheme class and social status
disability
family secrets
guilt and conscience
identity
inheritance
marriage
influenced later mystery fiction
language English
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
narrativeForm third-person narration
notableFor Cornish coastal setting
blend of mystery and domestic drama
early use of sensation novel conventions
originalPublicationMedium serial
partOf Wilkie Collins bibliography NERFINISHED
precededBy Basil NERFINISHED
publisher Bradbury and Evans NERFINISHED
settingLocation Cornwall NERFINISHED
structure multi-part narrative
timePeriodOfSetting 19th century

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Wilkie Collins notableWork The Dead Secret