Product Description: In this collection of short stories by Wilkie Collins, the title story relates the terrifying adventure of a British student in Paris who falls victim to an original and demonic criminal conspiracy. "The Cauldron of Oil" takes place in a small French village and exposes the dark and brutal side of the idyllic everyday, while "The Fatal Cradle" features a classic switched-at-birth plot that makes for a hilarious take on habits and customs...read more