Wilkie Collins

Broschiertes Buch

The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins

Volume 3-Contains one novel 'Dead Secret,' two novelettes 'Mrs Zant and the Ghost' and 'The Nun's Story of Gabriel's Marriage' and five short stories to chill the blood

Beschreibung

A third step into the unknown in the company of Wilkie Collins In this, the third and final substantial collection of the supernatural and weird fiction of Wilkie Collins from Leonaur, readers can expect yet another generous helping of the strange and chilling from this Victorian master of the genre. 'The Dead Secret' leads the way with a bizarre tale of madness,intrigue,deception and ghostly visitations that will grip the reader to the last page. The pace continues relentlessly with seven shorter pieces: 'Blow Up With the Brig', 'Mrs Zant and the Ghost', 'The Devil's Spectacles', 'The Captain and the Nymph', 'The Angler's Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange', 'The Nun's Story of Gabriel's Marriage' and 'The Last Stage Coachman'. Those new to Collins are bound for a treat with this three volume Leonaur collection and those who already love his work now have the opportunity to own his most haunting works brought together in an attractive coordinating set.

Autor

William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright best known for The Woman in White (1859), a mystery and early sensation novel, and The Moonstone (1868), which established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel and may be the first clear example of the police procedural genre. Born to London painter William Collins and his wife, Harriet Geddes, he moved to Italy with them when he was twelve years old, spending two years there and in France learning both Italian and French. Collins was born at 11 New Cavendish Street in London, the son of William Collins, a well-known Royal Academician landscape painter, and his wife, Harriet Geddes. Named after his father, he quickly became recognized by his second name, which honors his godfather, painter David Wilkie. The family relocated to Pond Street, Hampstead, around 1826. In 1828, Collins' brother Charles Allston Collins was born. Between 1829 and 1830, the Collins family relocated twice: first to Hampstead Square and subsequently to Porchester Terrace in Bayswater. Wilkie and Charles received an early education from their mother at home. The Collins family was very religious, and Collins' mother insisted on strict church attendance for her boys, which Wilkie detested.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LEONAUR
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 792g
• ISBN-13: 9781846778254
• ISBN-10: 1846778255
• Artikelnr.: 26856924