The Evil Genius : a domestic story

Published in 1886, Wilkie Collins The Evil Genius is a dramatic novel about the life of Sydney, who struggles to support herself as a governess. She disrupts the Linsley household by falling in love with the father of the child she is hired to teach. The Linsleys divorce, and Mrs. Linsley is comp...

Author：Wilkie Collins Tag： Classical Novels

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The Evil Genius : a domestic story

Before the Story 1 The Trial
Before the Story 2 The Sentence
Before the Story 3 The Letter
Before the Story 4 The Garret
Before the Story 5 The Landlord
Before the Story 6 The Brute
Before the Story 7 The Cipher
Before the Story 8 The Diamonds
Before the Story 9 The Mother
Chapter 1 Mrs. Presty Presents Herself
Chapter 2 The Governess Enters
Chapter 3 Mrs. Presty Changes Her Mind
Chapter 4 Randal Receives His Correspondence
Chapter 5 Randal Writes to New York
Chapter 6 Sydney Teaches
Chapter 7 Sydney Suffers
Chapter 8 Mrs. Presty Makes a Discovery
Chapter 9 Somebody Attends to the Door
Chapter 10 Kitty Mentions Her Birthday
Chapter 11 Linley Asserts His Authority
Chapter 12 Two of Them Sleep Badly
Chapter 13 Kitty Keeps Her Birthday
Chapter 14 Kitty Feels the Heartache
Chapter 15 The Doctor
Chapter 16 The Child
Chapter 17 The Husband
Chapter 18 The Nursemaid
Chapter 19 The Captain
Chapter 20 The Mother-in-Law
Chapter 21 The Governess
Chapter 22 Retrospect
Chapter 23 Separation
Chapter 24 Hostility
Chapter 25 Consultation
Chapter 26 Decision
Chapter 27 Resolution
Chapter 28 Mr. Randal Linley
Chapter 29 Mr. Sarrazin
Chapter 30 The Lord President
Chapter 31 Mr. Herbert Linley
Chapter 32 Miss Westerfield
Chapter 33 Mrs. Romsey
Chapter 34 Mrs. Presty
Chapter 35 Captain Bennydeck
Chapter 36 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Chapter 37 Mrs. Norman
Chapter 38 Hear the Lawyer
Chapter 39 Listen to Reason
Chapter 40 Keep Your Temper
Chapter 41 Make the Best of It
Chapter 42 Try to Excuse Her
Chapter 43 Know Your Own Mind
Chapter 44 Think of Consequences
Chapter 45 Love Your Enemies
Chapter 46 Nil Desperandum
Chapter 47 Better Do It Than Wish It Done
Chapter 48 Be Careful
Chapter 49 Keep the Secret
Chapter 50 Forgiveness to the Injured Doth Belong
Chapter 51 Dum Spiro, Spero
Chapter 52 l’homme propose, et Dieu dispose
Chapter 53 The Largest Nature, the Longest Love
Chapter 54 Let Bygones Be Bygones
Chapter 55 Leave It to the Child
Chapter 56 After the Story

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