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Armadale (1866) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century semi-epistolary novel. Some chapters consist of letters between the various characters, while other chapters record the events as the characters perceive them.
The novel has a convoluted plot about two distant cousins both named Allan Armadale. The father of one had murdered the father of the other (the two fathers are also named Allan Armadale). The story starts with a deathbed confession by the murderer in the form of a letter to be given to his baby son when he grows up. Many years are skipped over. The son, mistreated at home, runs away from his mother and stepfather, and takes up a wandering life under the assumed name of Ozias Midwinter. He becomes a companion to the other Allan Armadale, who throughout the novel never discovers the relationship. But Ozias is constantly haunted by feeling that he might harm Allan, first after he reads the letter left for him, and then again after they spend the night on a shipwreck off the Isle of Man–the ship turning out to be the same on which the old murder took place (the murderer locked his victim in a cabin as the boat filled with water). On the boat, Allan has a mysterious dream involving three characters. This dream fills Ozias with foreboding, its three scenes becoming fulfilled in the course of the novel.
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Collins, Wilkie - Senza nome -
Language: Italian, Novel - Format: ePub
“Fateli ridere, fateli piangere, ma soprattutto teneteli in sospeso”, diceva Wilkie Collins parlando della trama che un buon libro deve avere. In ‘Senza nome’ Collins tiene in sospeso il lettore per tutta la durata della vicenda: (More) |
Collins, Wilkie - Armadale -
Language: Italian, Novel - Format: ePub
Quattro omonimi, quattro Allan Armadale sono coinvolti nella vicenda del romanzo; due padri e i rispettivi figli. L’intrecciarsi delle loro storie accompagna il lettore per tutto il romanzo fino al sofferto, e incerto, finale. (More) |
Collins, Wilkie - La pietra di luna -
Language: Italian, Novel - Format: ePub
La Pietra di Luna (titolo originale: The Moonstone), è un romanzo di Wilkie Collins che uscì in Inghilterra nel 1868 a puntate sul periodico di Londra, All the Year Round, il cui direttore era Charles Dickens. Viene considerato (More) |
Collins, Wilkie - La legge e la signora -
Language: Italian, Novel - Format: ePub
La legge e la Signora è il primo esempio di romanzo poliziesco che ha per protagonista un investigatore donna e presenta diversi elementi della moderna letteratura di genere: il successo del detective dilettante rispetto al (More) |
Collins, Wilkie - La donna in bianco -
Language: Italian, Novel - Format: ePub
La donna in bianco (The Woman in White) è un romanzo epistolare di Wilkie Collins. Scritto nel 1859, uscì a puntate, secondo la tradizione dei feuilleton, nel 1859 - 1860, nella rivista di Charles Dickens All the Year Round, (More) |
Collins, Wilkie - El secreto de Sarah -
Language: Spanish, Novel - Format: iSilo
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Collins, Wilkie - Narraciones -
Language: Spanish, Short Stories - Format: iSilo
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Collins, Wilkie - Dama de la granja Glenwith -
Language: Spanish, Short Stories - Format: iSilo
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Collins, Wilkie - La dama de blanco -
Language: Spanish, Novel - Format: iSilo
Walter Hartright se traslada a Limmeridge para dar clases de dibujo a Laura, una joven rica heredera sobrina del barón Frederick Fairlie. Poco antes de irse, tropieza con una misteriosa dama vestida de blanco que le habla de (More) |
Collins, Wilkie - The Moonstone -
Language: English, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
The story concerns a young woman called Rachel Verinder who inherits a large Indian diamond, the Moonstone, on her eighteenth birthday.The book is widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels. T. S. (More) |
Collins, Wilkie - Armadale -
Language: English, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
Armadale (1866) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century semi-epistolary novel. Some chapters consist of letters between the various characters, while other chapters record the events as the characters perceive them. The novel has a (More) |
Collins, Wilkie - The Woman in White -
Language: English, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
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 (More) |
Collins, Wilkie - Complete Works of Wilkie Collins -
Language: English, Complete Works of - Format: ePub
Dickens’ great friend and fellow novelist deserves a place in the digital library of all lovers of fine literature. This is the COMPLETE WORKS of Wilkie Collins.This is the only eBook available with every novel, every short story (More) |