Cruel as the Grave

A tale of love, betrayal, buried secrets, and mistaken guilt, in which a heroine faces suspicion and peril before hidden truths come dramatically to light. E.D.E.N. Southworth, one of the most popular American novelists of the nineteenth century, delivers the sensational plotting, strong heroines, and emotional intensity that made her a favorite of countless readers. Full of suspense, romance, and melodrama, the novel offers the page-turning pleasures of Victorian popular fiction. A representative work from a best-selling storyteller, Cruel as the Grave brims with the twists and passions that thrilled a mass readership on both sides of the Atlantic.