Her later years were devoted to humor and sensational romances. Her first book, last days of tul, a romance of the lost cities of yucatan, appeared in 1847, when she was 15 years old. In the dead letter 1867, a young man handsome, rich and universally esteemed is stabbed in the back shortly before his wedding. Both written in the 1860s and published under the name seeley regester, these novels show howby combining conventions. Metta fuller victor evokes fear, anxiety, and above all, compulsive curiosity in the dead letter. Buy the dead letter and the figure eight by victor, metta fuller from amazons fiction books store. This novel, the dead letter, is presented here along with another of victors mysteries, the. The dead letter metta victoria fuller victor 1831 1885 published in 186. The dead letter by metta victoria fuller victor goodreads.
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