Project Gutenberg 2003-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 71 Collins, Wilkie 1824 1889 Collins, William Wilkie The Guilty River Produced by James Rusk. HTML version by Al Haines "The Guilty River" by Wilkie Collins is a novel crafted during the late 19th century. Set in a Victorian backdrop, the story follows Gerard Roylake, a young man returning to England after years abroad, who inherits a vast estate and the complexities of a new life intertwined with emotional and social dilemmas, particularly regarding his stepmother and the mysterious lodger of a mill. At the start of the novel, we meet Gerard Roylake who has excused himself from a dinner to indulge in his hobby of catching insects in the woods near his childhood home. Reflecting on his estranged relationship with his father and the curious dynamics of his return, he is struck by a sense of isolation and confusion. This mood thickens when he encounters the river, a symbol of his past, and later meets Cristel Toller, the daughter of the miller. Their interaction is intriguing but marred by the presence of a deaf lodger who harbors jealousy towards Gerard. As Gerard navigates these relationships, questions of social status, personal conflict, and a sense of belonging begin to unfurl, setting the stage for the novel's unfolding mysteries. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Interpersonal relations -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 296573 292311 2024-10-02T09:17:46.894761 2023-10-02T08:18:57.884614 text/html text/html 287917 2021-01-08T21:42:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 106604 2021-01-08T21:42:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 175941 2024-10-02T09:17:53.168749 application/epub+zip 181522 2024-10-02T09:17:48.790789 application/epub+zip 181522 2024-10-02T09:17:47.578757 application/epub+zip 336713 2024-10-02T09:17:56.343754 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326136 2024-10-02T09:17:52.427727 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302692 2022-09-02T10:57:31.801489 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270801 270768 2024-10-02T09:17:46.149772 2023-10-02T08:18:57.304628 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 270734 2021-01-08T21:42:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 103992 2021-01-08T21:42:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19981 2024-10-02T09:17:56.466715 application/rdf+xml 12929 2024-10-02T09:17:48.134772 image/jpeg 3576 2024-10-02T09:17:47.854774 image/jpeg 172023 2024-10-02T09:17:46.921788 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia