The Channings is an 1862 two-volume novel by the British writer Ellen Wood.
[1] A man takes responsibility for a theft he believes his brother has committed.
His brother is really innocent of the crime, and the real culprit is later caught.
In 1920, the novel was adapted into a silent film of the same name directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Lionelle Howard and Dick Webb.
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