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A family’s placid life is disrupted by financial ruin, a banker's concealed past, and a stolen letter that trigger claims, betrayals, and social dislocation. Younger figures confront love, hidden identities, and painful reckonings as the plot moves through clandestine searches, illness, legal disputes, and perilous journeys. Gradual revelations compel moral choices and expose long-buried connections, while investigative threads and sensational twists draw disparate characters toward consequences that reshape their relationships and restore a new order.

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Title: Rupert Godwin

A novel

Author: M. E. Braddon

Release date: January 6, 2026 [eBook #77631]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1890

Credits: Peter Becker, Dori Allard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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RUPERT GODWIN

A Novel

BY THE AUTHOR OF

“LADY AUDLEY’S SECRET,” “AURORA FLOYD”
“VIXEN,” “ISHMAEL,” “WYLLARD’S WEIRD”

ETC. ETC.

Stereotyped Edition


LONDON:
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO.,
LIMITED,
STATIONERS’ HALL COURT
1890.

[All rights reserved.]

MISS BRADDON’S NOVELS.


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