Project Gutenberg 2005-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 161 Collins, Wilkie 1824 1889 Collins, William Wilkie Besant, Walter 1836 1901 Besant, Sir Walter Maurice, Walter Blind Love Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by James Rusk. HTML version by Al Haines. "Blind Love" by Wilkie Collins, completed by Walter Besant, is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around themes of love, loyalty, and the complexities of human relationships set against a backdrop of societal constraints and personal dilemmas. The opening introduces characters such as the anxious banker Sir Giles Mountjoy and his devoted clerk Dennis Howmore, hinting at a narrative filled with intrigue and emotional turmoil. At the start of the novel, we find Sir Giles Mountjoy deeply disturbed by a series of mysterious and threatening letters that suggest a conspiracy against him, prompting him to send his clerk on secretive errands that eventually lead to the discovery of clues. Dennis, the clerk, finds a piece of paper with holes that seems to hold significant meaning and becomes embroiled in the unfolding mystery. Simultaneously, the opening hints at broader themes related to Sir Giles’s family, specifically his nephew Arthur Mountjoy, and Iris Henley, a woman whose affections lie tangled with the enigmatic Lord Harry. This setup creates an atmosphere of suspense and emotional depth as the characters navigate their complex relationships against external threats. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Domestic fiction Married women -- Fiction Conspiracies -- Fiction Ireland -- Fiction Suspense fiction Secret societies -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 831401 818071 2024-10-04T04:53:18.410879 2023-10-04T05:21:56.087734 text/html text/html 811551 2020-12-30T23:37:29 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 288857 2020-12-30T23:37:29 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 370889 2024-10-04T04:53:29.828848 application/epub+zip 389133 2024-10-04T04:53:20.886884 application/epub+zip 389133 2024-10-04T04:53:19.403950 application/epub+zip 637775 2024-10-04T04:53:36.562775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 617876 2024-10-04T04:53:28.763834 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 584259 2022-09-04T07:53:33.594422 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 754512 754478 2024-10-04T04:53:15.803880 2023-10-04T05:21:53.901754 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 754379 2020-12-30T23:37:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 282314 2020-12-30T23:37:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21308 2024-10-04T04:53:36.701813 application/rdf+xml 10592 2024-10-04T04:53:19.986887 image/jpeg 3020 2024-10-04T04:53:19.690896 image/jpeg 357816 2024-10-04T04:53:18.476919 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 en.wikipedia