The Moonstone, Collins Wilkie

Автор: Collins Wilkie
Название: Moonstone
ISBN: 0199536724 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199536726
Издательство: Oxford University Press
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Описание: 'the first and greatest of English detective novels' T.S.Eliot A fabulous yellow diamond becomes the dangerous inheritance of Rachel Verinder. Outside her Yorkshire country house watch the Hindu priests who have waited for many years to reclaim their ancient talisman, looted from the holy city of Somnauth. When the Moonstone disappears the case looks simple, but in mid-Victorian England no one is what they seem, and nothing can be taken for granted.

Witnesses, suspects, and detectives take up the story in turn. The bemused butler, the love-stricken housemaid, the enigmatic detective Sergeant Cuff, the drug-addicted scientist, each speculate on the mystery as Collins weaves their narratives into a masterpiece of construction and suspense. But The Moonstone is more than just a detective novel or a murder mystery and this new edition features a fascinating introduction by John Sutherland which discusses the themes of Imperialism,Sensationalism and Mesmerism and the way in which they operate in the novel and within its cultural context.

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Автор: Collins Wilkie
Название: The Woman in White
ISBN: 1983776092 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781983776090
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Описание: The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 1859-1860, and first published in book form in 1860. It is considered to be among the first mystery novels and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the genre of 'sensation novels'. As was customary at that time, The Woman in White was first published as a magazine serial. The first episode appeared on 29 November 1859, following Charles Dickens's own A Tale of Two Cities in Dickens's magazine All the Year Round in England, and Harper's Magazine in America. It caused an immediate sensation. Julian Symons (in his 1974 introduction to the Penguin edition) reports that "queues formed outside the offices to buy the next instalment. Bonnets, perfumes, waltzes and quadrilles were called by the book's title. Gladstone cancelled a theatre engagement to go on reading it. And Prince Albert sent a copy to Baron Stockmar."

Автор: Collins Wilkie
Название: The Woman in White
ISBN: 154882612X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781548826123
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Описание: The story is sometimes considered an early example of detective fiction with protagonist Walter Hartright employing many of the sleuthing techniques of later private detectives. The use of multiple narrators (including nearly all the principal characters) draws on Collins's legal training, and as he points out in his Preamble: "the story here presented will be told by more than one pen, as the story of an offence against the laws is told in Court by more than one witness".

Автор: Collins Wilkie
Название: Dead secret
ISBN: 0199536716 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199536719
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Wilkie Collins`s fifth novel, The Dead Secret explores the relationship between a fallen woman, her illegitimate daughter and the recovery of a hidden secret. Set in rugged Cornwall, the novel blends romance with Gothic drama, and in characterization and setting, clearly anticipates the qualities of Collins`s next novel, The Woman in White.

Автор: Collins Wilkie
Название: The Moonstone
ISBN: 0007420250 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007420254
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Автор: Collins Wilkie
Название: Moonfleet (exclusive)
ISBN: 1840228237 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781840228236
Издательство: Wordsworth
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Описание: When orphan John Trenchard is banished, he goes to live at the local inn with the mysterious Elzevir Block, whose son has been killed. Unofficially adopted by Block, John comes to learn the reasons for the noises in the graveyard at night.

Автор: Collins Wilkie
Название: The Moonstone
ISBN: 0141198877 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141198873
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: When Rachel Verinder`s birthday present - the Moonstone, a large Indian diamond - is stolen at her party, suspicion and the diamond`s mysterious curse seem set to ruin everyone and everything she loves. Only Sergeant Cuff`s famous detective skills offer any hope of peace and a future for them all.

Автор: Collins Wilkie
Название: The Woman in White
ISBN: 0141192429 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141192420
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Описание: Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his `charming` friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons and poison.

Автор: Collins Wilkie
Название: Woman in White
ISBN: 1840220848 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781840220841
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Описание: Wilkie Collins is a master of mystery, and The Woman in White is his first excursion into the genre.

Автор: Collins Wilkie
Название: Dominoes: Three: The Moonstone
ISBN: 0194248216 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780194248211
Издательство: Oxford University Press
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Описание: The Moonstone is a beautiful yellow diamond that was stolen from the statue of a Moon god in India. When Franklin Blake brings it to Rachel Verinder`s house in Yorkshire for her birthday, it brings bad luck with it. How many people will the Moonstone hurt? How many must die before the diamond`s revenge is complete?

Автор: Collins Wilkie
Название: Frozen deep
ISBN: 1843910942 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781843910947
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Описание: Exchanging vows of love with sailor Frank Aldersley the night before his departure, Clara Burnham is haunted by the memory of Richard Wardour, and his mistaken belief that they will one day marry. On different ships, the two men have no cause to meet - until disaster strikes and they find themselves united by their battle for survival.

Автор: Collins Wilkie
Название: Haunted hotel and other stories
ISBN: 1840225335 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781840225334
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Описание: A collection of strange stories from Wilkie Collins, author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone. It also includes the novella, The Haunted Hotel, a combination of detective and ghost story set in Venice, a city of waterways and death.

Автор: Collins Wilkie
Название: The Moonstone
ISBN: 1847494226 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847494221
Издательство: Bloomsbury
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Описание: Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, The Moonstone is here presented with an extensive section on Collins`s life and works.

Автор: Collins Wilkie
Название: Woman in white
ISBN: 1847495710 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847495716
Издательство: Bloomsbury
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Автор: Collins Wilkie
Название: Armadale
ISBN: 0140434119 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140434118
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of the repercussions to come, for the secret he reveals involves the mysterious Lydia Gwilt: flame-haired temptress, bigamist, laudanum addict and husband-poisoner.

Автор: Collins Wilkie
Название: The Woman in White
ISBN: 0007902212 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007902217
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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