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One night Walter Hartright, a drawing master, encounters a mysterious woman on the lonely road to London. However he tries, he can’t rid his mind of her haunting memory. Who is this woman? Why does she keep appearing and disappearing? What is the Secret she holds?
I loved reading this book. A thriller from the 19th century, it had me captivated until the very end. If this book had been written now, it probably wouldn’t have been as much fun. What with all the technological advancements, crime det ...more
I loved reading this book. A thriller from the 19th century, it had me captivated until the very end. If this book had been written now, it probably wouldn’t have been as much fun. What with all the technological advancements, crime det ...more

Oh my! What a book! This is definitely the best classic book I've read so far. It was suspenseful all the way to the end, and a real mystery. It's difficult to say too much about it because it is complicated to explain, and so easy to ruin it by giving something away. I knew absolutely nothing about it when I started reading it, and it's one of those that captures you right from the start, so it was a brilliant way to read it.
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