The law and the lady by wilkie collins full text free. Wilkie collins was born on january 8th, 1824 at 11 new cavendish street in marylebone, london. Name of writer, number pages in ebook and size are given in our post. But its also a great fun mystery, full of plot and circumsance, and a rogues. The moonstone pdf download full pdf read book page. Probably the first full length novel with a woman detective as its heroine, the law and the lady 1875 is a fascinating example of collins later fiction. Pdf the law and the lady download full pdf book download. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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