Ill feelings exist between the Meadowcroft sons and John Jago, the foreman of the Meadowcroft estate. Then, John Jago disappears, and a body is found in a kiln. The Meadowcroft brothers stand accused of the crime, but are they guilty? The Dead Alive is a novel written by Wilkie Collins based on the true-life Boorn Brothers murder conviction case of 1819. Jesse and Stephen Boorn were sentenced to death for the murder of their brother-in-law, but were they wrongly convicted? (Summary by M Z Spark, Phil, and Barry)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
01 - THE SICK MAN
08:12 - Chapter 2
02 - THE NEW FACES
10:27 - Chapter 3
03 - THE MOONLIGHT MEETING
16:58 - Chapter 4
04 - THE BEECHEN STICK
10:42 - Chapter 5
05 - THE NEWS FROM NARRABEE
11:30 - Chapter 6
06 - THE LIMEKILN
10:16 - Chapter 7
07 - THE MATERIALS IN THE DEFENSE
13:42 - Chapter 8
08 - THE CONFESSION
10:08 - Chapter 9
09 - THE ADVERTISEMENT
09:35 - Chapter 10
10 - THE SHERIFF AND THE GOVERNOR
09:58 - Chapter 11
11 - THE PEBBLE AND THE WINDOW
12:12 - Chapter 12
12 - THE END OF IT
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