Secresy, or, the Ruin on the Rock

by Eliza FENWICK (1766 - 1840)

Letter 21 contained in 20 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO SIBELLA VALMONT

Secresy, or, the Ruin on the Rock

This is the story of Caroline and Sibella, two female friends. Strong and smart women who try to make it in a man's world while keeping their values and loyalties intact. The only way to do that is to hide a few secrets. Yet secrets cannot remain hidden for ever, and everything has a price. This is both a social novel and a gothic novel. A true page turner with all the elements of a good 18th century novel: a woman locked in an estate, a hidden pregnancy, some politics of marriage, villains, sentimentality and thought provoking philosophy. Summary by Stav Nisser.


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Letter 22 FROM GEORGE VALMONT TO CLEMENT MONTGOMERY , Letter 23 FROM ARTHUR MURDEN TO CAROLINE ASHBURN , Letter 24 FROM JANETTA LAUNDY TO CLEMENT MONTGOMERY , Letter 25 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO ARTHUR MURDEN , Letter 26 FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO JANETTA LAUNDY , Letter 27 FROM JANETTA LAUNDY TO CLEMENT MONTGOMERY , Letter 28 FROM GEORGE VALMONT TO CLEMENT MONTGOMERY , Letter 29 FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO GEORGE VALMONT , Letter 30 FROM ARTHUR MURDEN TO CAROLINE ASHBURN , Letter 31 FROM ARTHUR MURDEN TO CAROLINE ASHBURN , Letter 32 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO ARTHUR MURDEN , Letter 33 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER , Letter 34 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO LADY BARLOWE , Letter 35 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT , Letter 36 LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER , Letter 37 FROM GEORGE VALMONT TO CAROLINE ASHBURN , Letter 38 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER , Letter 39 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO GEORGE VALMONT , Letter 40 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO LORD FILMAR , Letter contained in 31 FROM MARY HOLMES TO CAROLINE ASHBURN