A Rogue's Life

A Rogue's Life is a novel written by Wilkie Collins. The book tells the story of a young man named Frank Softly who is forced to leave his home due to a family scandal. Frank decides to become a rogue and travels around Europe, engaging in various adventures and schemes to make money. Along the way, he meets a variety of characters, including a beautiful woman named Isabella and a mysterious stranger named Mr. Van Brandt. As Frank's adventures continue, he becomes embroiled in a complex web of deceit and betrayal, and must use all of his wits and cunning to survive. A Rogue's Life is a thrilling and entertaining novel that explores themes of identity, morality, and the consequences of one's actions.Regard for the lovers of the Old Masters, and for the moral well-being of society, forbids me to be particular about the nature of my labors, or to go into dangerous detail on the subject of my first failures and my subsequent success. I may, however, harmlessly admit that my Rembrandt was to be of the small or cabinet size, and that, as there was a run on Burgomasters just then, my subject was naturally to be of the Burgomaster sort.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.