The novel begins in Marseilles "thirty years ago" (c.
On his deathbed, his father had given him a mysterious.
His father died there.
He is returning to London to see his mother after 20 years in China with his father, handling that part of the family business.
He meets new friends in the quarantine.
Arthur Clennam is detained in Marseilles with a group of travellers in quarantine. 1826), with the notorious murderer Rigaud telling his cellmate John Baptiste Cavalletto how he killed his wife.
The novel begins in Marseilles "thirty years ago" (c