Wilkie Collins

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Armadale

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Wilkie (William) Collins (1824-89) was a hugely successful and popular crime, mystery and suspense writer. He wrote the first full-length detective novels in English and set a mould for the genre as shown in The Moonstone and "The Woman in White."    John Sutherland is the Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London and wrote the introduction to Chekhov’s The Shooting Party for Penguin Classics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 752
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 128mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9780140434118
• ISBN-10: 0140434119
• Artikelnr.: 21445395