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A Life's Secret

A Novel

by Henry Wood

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At twenty-one, Austin Clay has completed his training with Richard Thornimett, a builder and contractor in the English town of Ketterford. Taken into the Thornimetts' home after losing his parents, he has learned a practical trade while continuing his studies. The opening places him between the building yard and the household that has raised him, with town gossip already imagining a partnership. His enjoyment of Homer also brings him into a friendly disagreement with Mrs. Thornimett over the value of book learning.

Henry Wood's novel connects this domestic setting with disputes over employment and collective action. A later scene brings workmen together to debate a proposed strike, as Sam Shuck urges union membership and another worker challenges the pressure to join. Employers then arrange a lockout and demand an agreement from their men.

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Henry Wood

Ellen Wood (1814-1887), who wrote as Mrs. Henry Wood, was an English novelist and later editor of the magazine Argosy. A leading figure in Victorian sensation fiction, she produced more than thirty novels, though East Lynne remains by far her best-known and most widely dramatized work.

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Reading time
About 7 hours
Pages
221
Language
English
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