Conscience

by Hector Malot

"Conscience" by Hector Malot is a novel published in 1888. Dr. Victor Saniel, drowning in debt, commits a calculated murder to steal money from a moneylender. When his lover's brother is wrongly convicted and sentenced to hard labor for the crime, Saniel marries her and tries to move forward. But his conscience haunts him in unexpected ways, threatening to expose the terrible truth he's buried.