Hide and Seek

Author: Wilkie Collins

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The artist Valentine Blyth has a very generous heart. He lovingly cares for his invalid wife, rescues a deaf orphan girl from maltreatment in a traveling circus and adopts her, and mentors a young man who gets in trouble with his tyrannical father. The girl, who received the nickname ‚Madonna’, falls in love with the young man, Zack. Because one of Valentine’s biggest fears is that Madonna’s blood relations will one day trace her and take her away from his home, he keeps the little that he knows of her origins a strict secret. One day, Zack befriends a mysterious stranger, who has just returned from years of rough life in the American wilderness. From that moment, the plot thickens, in mid-19th century dramatic style.

This is Wilkie Collins’ third published novel (1854, read from the 1861 edition). Summary by Anna Simon.

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Preface to the revised editionOpening Chapter. A child's sundayBook I - Chapter I. A new neighborhood, and a strange characterBook I - Chapter II. Mr. Blyth in his studioBook I - Chapter III. Madonna's childhoodBook I - Chapter IV. Madonna's motherBook I - Chapter V. Madonna's misfortuneBook I - Chapter VI. Madonna goes to LondonBook I - Chapter VII. Madonna in her new homeBook I - Chapter VIII. Mentor and TelemachusBook I - Chapter IX. The tribulations of ZackBook I - Chapter X. Mr Blyth's drawing academyBook I - Chapter XI. The brewing of the stormBook II - Chapter I. The man with the black skull-capBook II - Chapter II. The prodigal's returnBook II - Chapter III. The search begunBook II - Chapter IV. Fate works, with Zack for an instrumentBook II - Chapter V. Fate works, with Mr. Blyth for an instrumentBook II - Chapter VI. The finding of the clueBook II - Chapter VII. The box of lettersBook II - Chapter VIII. Joanna Grice's narrativeBook II - Chapter IX. More discoveriesBook II - Chapter X. The squaw's mixtureBook II - Chapter XI. The garden doorBook II - Chapter XII. The hair braceletBook II - Chapter XIII. The search for Arthur CarrBook II - Chapter XIV. Mary's graveBook II - Chapter XV. The discovery of Arthur CarrBook II - Chapter XVI. The day of reckoningBook II - Chapter XVII. Matthew Grice's revengeClosing Chapter. A year and a half afterwards

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