Miss or Mrs?. The Haunted Hotel. The Guilty River
(Sprache: Englisch)
Collins's ability to construct a gripping situation and to create an atmosphere of mystery and menace is fully evident in the three novellas reprinted here. All proceed through a series of dramatic scenes to a climax that in one case at least is literally...
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Collins's ability to construct a gripping situation and to create an atmosphere of mystery and menace is fully evident in the three novellas reprinted here. All proceed through a series of dramatic scenes to a climax that in one case at least is literally explosive. Varied in setting and tone, these stories demonstrate Collins's plot-making skill at its most succinct and intricate. This is the only one-volume edition to contain all three novellas and the only
edition to provide critical apparatus.
edition to provide critical apparatus.
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`..melodrama is perennial and the craving for it is perennial and must be satisfied'T. S. Eliot ('Wilkie Collins and Dickens')
Collins's ability to construct a gripping situation and to create an atmosphere of mystery and menace is fully evident in the three novellas reprinted here. All proceed through a series of dramatic scenes to a climax that in one case at least is literally explosive. The fast-paced Miss or Mrs? (1871) opens on a yacht, features a remarkably unconventional heroine, and entails murder attempts, blackmail, clandestine marriage and commercial fraud. Dramatic and psychologically absorbing,
the action of The Haunted Hotel (1878) takes place in an ancient Venetian palazzo converted into a modern hotel that houses a grisly secreI. Lastly, set in a beautiful water-mill, The Guilty River (1886) depicts a group of alienated characters, whose relationships threaten to erupt in violence and murder.
Varied in setting and tone, these stories demonstrate Collins's plot-making skill at its most succinct and intricate.
Introduction Textual Note Bibliography Chronology Explanatory Notes Appendix: Collins's prefaces
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Autoren-Porträt von Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins, geb. 1824 in London als ältester Sohn des Landschaftsmalers William Collins und 1889 gestorben, hatte zunächst die juristische Laufbahn eingeschlagen, bis er beschloss, das Aufdecken von Kriminalfällen und Geheimnissen ausschließlich literarisch in Szene zu setzen. Er schrieb neben seinen Kurzgeschichten und Theaterstücken über 30 Romane. Seine heute berühmtesten Werke 'Der Monddiamant', in dem der erste Detektiv in der englischen Literatur auftritt, und 'Die Frau in Weiß', ein poetischer, mystisch-mysteriöser Thriller, fanden bereits beim zeitgenössischen Publikum größten Beifall.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Wilkie Collins
- 2008, 400 Seiten, Maße: 20 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben von Page, Norman; Sasaki, Toru
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199538182
- ISBN-13: 9780199538188
Sprache:
Englisch
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