''The Fallen Leaves'' is an 1879 novel by Wilkie Collins. It details Amelius Goldenheart, an American Christian Socialist's, sojourn to

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

after exile from his

Utopian A utopia ( ) typically describes an imaginary community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its members. It was coined by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book ''Utopia'', describing a fictional island society ...

commune, and his difficulties when elements of his past life resurface. The book was dedicated to Caroline Graves.https://jhrusk.github.io/wc/plot/leavesplot.html JHusk

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