Legacy of Cain
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&, Fiction & Literature, Classics, Mystery & Suspense
| Author: | Wilkie Collins | ISBN: | 1230000298342 |
| Publisher: | Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher | Publication: | February 11, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Wilkie Collins |
| ISBN: | 1230000298342 |
| Publisher: | Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher |
| Publication: | February 11, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
The Legacy of Cain explores the theme of hereditary evil, and attacks the idea that 'bad blood' necessarily results in a criminality.
The main story begins in 1875. Helena and Eunice are sisters brought up by their father, the Reverend Abel Gracedieu. He has deliberately kept them in ignorance of their true ages because the elder daughter was adopted in 1858, after her natural mother was executed for the brutal murder of her husband. The story's main narrator is the prison governor who always feared the adoption would end badly because of the taint of inherited evil.
The Legacy of Cain explores the theme of hereditary evil, and attacks the idea that 'bad blood' necessarily results in a criminality.
The main story begins in 1875. Helena and Eunice are sisters brought up by their father, the Reverend Abel Gracedieu. He has deliberately kept them in ignorance of their true ages because the elder daughter was adopted in 1858, after her natural mother was executed for the brutal murder of her husband. The story's main narrator is the prison governor who always feared the adoption would end badly because of the taint of inherited evil.
