Publisher's Synopsis
Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, poet, and playwright writing in the mid 19th century. His was very popular; writing 27 novels, 50 short stories, 15 plays and over 100 poems. His best-known works were The Woman in White, The Moonstone and Armadale. In The Legacy of Cain a woman has been condemned for the murder of her husband and she is unrepentant. She asks the minister to take her daughter home. Since the minister is childless he is grateful for this blessing. Will the vices of this woman be passed on to her seemingly sweet daughter?
