The Legacy of Cain

The Legacy of Cain by Wilkie Collins

To

MRS. HENRY POWELL BARTLEY:

Permit me to add your name to my name, in publishing this novel. The pen which has written my books cannot be more agreeably employed than in acknowledging what I owe to the pen which has skillfully and patiently helped me, by copying my manuscripts for the printer.

WILKIE COLLINS.

Wimpole Street, 6th December, 1888.

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THE LEGACY OF CAIN.

First Period: 1858-1859.

Events in the prison, related by the Governor.

Contents

• Chapter I
• Chapter II
• Chapter III
• Chapter IV
• Chapter V
• Chapter VI
• Chapter VII
• Chapter VIII
• Chapter IX
• Chapter X
• Chapter XI
• Chapter XII
• Chapter XIII
• Chapter XIV
• Chapter XV
• Chapter XVI
• Chapter XVII
• Chapter XVIII
• Chapter XIX
• Chapter XX
• Chapter XXI
• Chapter XXII
• Chapter XXIII
• Chapter XXIV
• Chapter XXV
• Chapter XXVI
• Chapter XXVII
• Chapter XXVIII
• Chapter XXIX
• Chapter XXX
• Chapter XXXI
• Chapter XXXII
• Chapter XXXIII
• Chapter XXXIV
• Chapter XXXV
• Chapter XXXVI
• Chapter XXXVII
• Chapter XXXVIII
• Chapter XXXIX
• Chapter XL
• Chapter XLI
• Chapter XLII
• Chapter XLIII
• Chapter XLIV
• Chapter XLV
• Chapter XLVI
• Chapter XLVII
• Chapter XLVIII
• Chapter L
• Chapter LI
• Chapter LII
• Chapter LIII
• Chapter LIV
• Chapter LV
• Chapter LVI
• Chapter LVII
• Chapter LVIII
• Chapter LIX
• Chapter LX
• Chapter LXI
• Chapter LXII
• Chapter LXIII
• Chapter LXIV