The Fallen Leaves

"The Fallen Leaves" by Wilkie Collins is a novel written during the late 19th century (Victorian era). The story appears to revolve around the tumultuous lives intertwined through personal tragedies, secrets, and the quest for redemption, likely focusing on the character of Benjamin Ronald and his family dynamics against the backdrop of societal expectations. The opening portion introduces a chain of events that shape the life of young men and women entangled in familial turmoil. It begins with Benjamin Ronald, a stubborn stationer whose rigid views on his daughters’ choices lead to unrest in his household. The narrative captures the gentle yet desperate attempts of his wife, Mrs. Ronald, to seek a healthier lifestyle for their ailing daughter as tensions rise within their family. As the story unfolds, hints of past wounds and the implications of current conflicts are revealed, establishing a rich tapestry of emotions and relationships that will likely continue to develop throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White (1859), a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for The Moonstone (1868), which established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel and is also perhaps the earliest clear example of the police procedural genre.