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    A Plot in Private Life: Brother Griffith's Story of A Plot in Private Life
    A Plot in Private Life: Brother Griffith's Story of A Plot in Private Life
    A Plot in Private Life: Brother Griffith's Story of A Plot in Private Life
    Audiobook2 hours

    A Plot in Private Life: Brother Griffith's Story of A Plot in Private Life

    Written by Wilkie Collins

    Narrated by Bobbie Frohman

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    About this audiobook

    Originally published as 'A Marriage Tragedy' in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February 1858.

    William, the narrator and faithful servant to rich widow, Mrs Norcross, tells the story of her unhappy second marriage to James Smith. A detective lawyer's clerk, Mr Dark, both confirms Smith's bigamous remarriage and, following his disappearance, proves Mrs Norcross and William innocent of murder. Dark also recovers jewellery stolen by the maidservant and establishes her guilt. William's amiable relationship with the experienced detective foreshadows that between Betteredge and Cuff in The Moonstone (1868).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlcazar Audio Works
    Release dateJan 1, 2013
    ISBN9781939444264
    A Plot in Private Life: Brother Griffith's Story of A Plot in Private Life
    Author

    Wilkie Collins

    Wilkie Collins (January 8, 1824-September 23, 1889) was the author of thirty novels, more than sixty short stories, fourteen plays (including an adaptation of The Moonstone), and more than one hundred nonfiction pieces. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale, and No Name.

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    • 4/5
      I love Wilkie Collins and this was a good short story. But I found the narrator distracting.