Publisher's Synopsis
The Evil Genius is a novel written by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1886. The story revolves around the life of a young woman named Rosamond Frankland, who is forced to marry a man she despises in order to save her family's financial situation. Her husband, Geoffrey Delamayn, is a wealthy and charismatic man who is known for his gambling and womanizing habits. However, Rosamond soon discovers that her husband is also a murderer, having killed a man in a duel. She is torn between her loyalty to her husband and her moral conscience, and must navigate through a series of complex situations to protect herself and those she loves. Along the way, she meets a cast of intriguing characters, including a lawyer named Mr. Playmore, who helps her uncover the truth about her husband's past. The Evil Genius is a gripping tale of love, betrayal, and deception, and is widely regarded as one of Wilkie Collins' most masterful works.The conventional graduations in the outward expression of grief, which lead from black clothing to gray, formed no part of this afflicted lady's system of mourning. She laid her best blue walking dress and her new bonnet to match on the bed, and admired them to her heart's content. Her discarded garments were left on the floor.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
