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"The Seven Poor Travellers" by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, George Augustus Sala, Adelaide Anne Proctor, Mrs. Lynn Linton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Este ebook presenta «La dama de blanco (con índice activo)» con un sumario dinámico y detallado. La dama de blanco (The Woman in White) es una novela epistolar escrita por Wilkie Collins en 1859, serializada de 1859 a 1860 y publicada por primera vez en forma de libro ese último año. Está considerada como una de las primeras novelas de misterio y como un ejemplo precoz de la novela policíaca, con el héroe, Walter Hartright, empleando muchas de las técnicas propias de los detectives privados. Walter Hartright se traslada a Limmeridge para dar clases de dibujo a Laura, una joven y rica heredera sobrina del barón Frederick Fairlie. Poco antes de irse, tropieza con una misteriosa dama vestida de blanco que le habla de Limmeridge y de su propietaria fallecida, la señora Fairlie. Desde el principio Walter siente una gran atracción por Laura, quien está prometida con Sir Percival Glyde, quien solo busca arrebatarle su herencia. Solo se interpone en su camino la misteriosa dama de blanco. William Wilkie Collins (1824 – 1889) fue un novelista, dramaturgo y autor de relatos cortos inglés. Fue muy popular en su tiempo, dejando escritas 27 novelas, más de 60 relatos cortos, al menos 14 obras de teatro y más de 100 obras de no ficción. Es considerado uno de los creadores del género de novela policíaca, a través de una narrativa caracterizada por la atmósfera de misterio y fantasía, el suspense melodramático y el relato minucioso.
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Este ebook presenta «La piedra lunar (texto completo, con índice activo)» con un sumario dinámico y detallado. La piedra lunar (The Moonstone) es una novela del siglo XIX escrita por Wilkie Collins durante el año 1868. Se la considera generalmente como la primera novela policial o detectivesca de Inglaterra. La piedra Lunar, valiosa joya robada de un santuario hindú y de la que se cuentan toda clase de leyendas maléficas, llega a las manos de Raquel Verinder, heredera de un lord inglés, como regalo de cumpleaños, pero después de la cena de celebración con varios invitados la joya desaparece. El sargento Cuff es el encargado de la investigación y deberá descubrir la verdad a través de las diferentes versiones de los hechos que ofrece cada uno de los personajes implicados. William Wilkie Collins (1824 – 1889) fue un novelista, dramaturgo y autor de relatos cortos inglés. Fue muy popular en su tiempo, dejando escritas 27 novelas, más de 60 relatos cortos, al menos 14 obras de teatro y más de 100 obras de no ficción. Es considerado uno de los creadores del género de novela policíaca, a través de una narrativa caracterizada por la atmósfera de misterio y fantasía, el suspense melodramático y el relato minucioso.
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Красавица графиня Нарона, заслужившая репутацию роковой женщины, собирается замуж за лорда Монтбарри. Почему же графиня так встревожена, что накануне бракосочетания обращается к врачу? Внезапная смерть Монтбарри вскоре после свадьбы кажется окружающим подозрительной, а дальнейшие события повергают в шок родственников и друзей Монтбарри. Младший брат лорда пытается докопаться до истины и слышит от его вдовы чудовищную, дикую историю… (« Отель с привидениями »)
В собственном доме ограблена вдова лорда Лидьярда, английская аристократка, меценатка и благотворительница. Под подозрением полиции – ее родственники и слуги. Миледи, однако, больше мешает, чем помогает следствию, ведь она твердо уверена: никто из ее домочадцев денег не брал. Но мистер Трой, известный лондонский юрист, иного мнения: госпожа Лидьярд кого-то покрывает. (« Деньги миледи »)
The Woman in White (illustrated) + The Moonstone + The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice - Уилки Коллинз
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This carefully crafted ebook: «The Woman in White (illustrated) + The Moonstone + The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice» contains 3 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. 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 in the genre of 'sensation novels'. The story is sometimes considered an early example of detective fiction with the hero, Walter Hartright, employing many of the sleuthing techniques of later private detectives. The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is an epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language. The Moonstone is about the disappearance of a precious diamond called «the Moonstone», and the novel is a collection of eyewitness accounts by different characters who know something about its disappearance. The idea was for the novel itself to be like a collection of evidence so that the readers could be put in the position of the detective. The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice is a Wilkie Collins's ghost story was set in 1860 and published in book form with 'My Lady's Money'. The Haunted Hotel: a tale of a haunting – or the tale of a crime? The ghost of Lord Montberry seems to be haunting the Palace Hotel in Venice. Montberry's beautiful-yet-terrifying wife, the Countess Narona, and her erstwhile brother are the center of the terror that fills the Palace Hotel. Are their malefactions at the root of the haunting – or is there something darker, something much more unknowable at work? William Wilkie Collins (1824 – 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale, and No Name.
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Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins
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"The Guilty River" by Wilkie Collins. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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"Jezebel's Daughter" by Wilkie Collins. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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"The Traveller's Story of a Very Strange Bed" by Wilkie Collins. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
