Secresy, or, the Ruin on the Rock
by Eliza FENWICK (1766 - 1840)
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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Secresy, or, the Ruin on the Rock:
Letter 5 FROM ARTHUR MURDEN TO CAROLINE ASHBURN ,
Letter 7 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER ,
Letter 7 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER, continued ,
Letter 7 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER, continued ,
Letter 16 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO ARTHUR MURDEN, continued ,
Letter 17 FROM LORD FILMAR TO SIR WALTER BOYER ,
Letter 10 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO ARTHUR MURDEN ,
Letter 11 FROM LORD FILMAR TO JANETTA LAUNDY ,
Letter 12 FROM JANETTA LAUNDY TO LORD FILMAR ,
Letter 13 FROM LORD FILMAR TO JANETTA LAUNDY ,
Letter 14 FROM JANETTA LAUNDY TO LORD FILMAR ,
Letter 15 FROM LORD FILMAR TO JANETTA LAUNDY ,
Letter 16 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO ARTHUR MURDEN ,
Letter 18 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO ARTHUR MURDEN ,
Letter 19 FROM ARTHUR MURDEN TO CAROLINE ASHBURN ,
Letter 20 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO ARTHUR MURDEN ,
Letter 21 contained in 20 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO SIBELLA VALMONT ,
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 4 FROM SIBELLA VALMONT ,
Letter 40 FROM CAROLINE ASHBURN TO LORD FILMAR ,
Letter 6 FROM ARTHUR MURDEN TO CAROLINE ASHBURN ,
Letter 8 FROM GEORGE VALMONT TO CLEMENT MONTGOMERY ,
Letter 9 FROM CLEMENT MONTGOMERY TO GEORGE VALMONT ,
Letter contained in 16 FROM GEORGE VALMONT TO CAROLINE ASHBURN ,
Letter contained in 31 FROM MARY HOLMES TO CAROLINE ASHBURN ,
Letter contained in 7 FROM GEORGE VALMONT TO THE EARL OF ELSINGS ,
Letter contained in 7 FROM THE EARL OF ELSINGS TO GEORGE VALMONT