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Lady Audley's Secret Synopsis
When her husband George leaves suddenly for Australia to find work, Helen Talboys, unaware of his whereabouts, assumes that he has deserted her and marries an aristocrat to become Lady Audley. When her look-alike maid dies, Lady Audley conveniently passes off the corpse as Helen Talboys to avoid any possible bigamy charges. After having made his fortune in gold, George returns from Australia and by accident meets up with his wife at her stepson's villa. Determined to reclaim her, he begins to struggle with her. In the ensuing tussle, Lady Audley throws George down a well and, believing that he is dead, flees. Fearful that her stepson will expose her, Lady Audley breaks into his apartment and steals some incriminating love letters that she had written to George. As her guilty conscience grows, her acts become more desperate until George, who was rescued from the well by the coachman, makes a timely appearance and causes her to fall dead from fright.
The Tides of Fate Synopsis
Fanny Lawson falls in love with Stephen King, the man who pulled her from the river after her runaway horse plunged into the icy waters. Forsaking the love of Canadian Mounted Policeman John Cross, Fanny marries Stephen and moves to the city. King turns out to be an experienced counterfeiter, who soon tires of Fanny and leaves her. When government agents later search her apartment, they discover King's plates and send Fanny to jail as an accomplice. Meanwhile John Cross, court-martialed for alleged cowardice, enlists in the United States Army for service in the Philippines. Redeeming his honor in war, he returns to New York wounded, where he again meets Fanny and the two fall in love. When King reappears, he becomes insanely jealous, starts trouble and is fatally shot by the police during a melee. Before he dies, he clears Fanny's name, thus freeing her to marry Cross.
"Lady Audley's Secret" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "The Tides of Fate" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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Lady Audley's Secret