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    The Guilty River
    The Guilty River
    The Guilty River
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    The Guilty River

    Written by Wilkie Collins

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    After his father’s death Gerard Roylake returns from Germany to take up his inheritance at Trimley Deen. On one evening he meets his childhood friend, Cristel Toller. They fall in love, but there is a crux. A deaf man, called The Lodger is obsessed with Cristel. He invites Gerard to tea with evil intentions… and Gerard accepts the invitation.

    The book is written in the first person and tells the story from Gerard's point of view. (Summary by Diana Majlinger)
    Additional proof-listening by Betty M.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    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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