Wilkie Collins - 電子書籍 67

An enjoyable 19th century read following doomed happenings and grisly, secret premonitions. An eminent doctor is visited by a desperate woman with a question: am I evil, or insane? When the letters ……続きを見る

Marian and her sister Laura live a quiet life under their uncle's guardianship until Laura's marriage to Sir Percival Glyde. Sir Percival is a man of many secrets - is one of them connected to the s……続きを見る

'A masterpiece' The Times After the tragic deaths of their parents, Magdalen and Norah discover the devastating news that they are both illegitimate and not entitled to any inheritance. Norah is for……続きを見る

mehrbuch-Weltliteratur! eBooks, die nie in Vergessenheit geraten sollten. Basil stammt aus der "Upper Class" Londons. Seine Liebe zur Tochter eines Leinwebers hält er geheim. Auch die Trauung findet……続きを見る

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Der Schauplatz meiner grauenvollen Geschichte war ein unregelmäßiges Gebäude von großer Ausdehnung, dessen einzelne Teile aus verschiedenen Zeiten, und manche aus der früheren Klosterzeit herrührten……続きを見る

mehrbuch-Weltliteratur! eBooks, die nie in Vergessenheit geraten sollten. Ein Traum: Sie steht am Fußende seines Bettes mit erhobenem Messer, um ihn zu erstechen. Dann heiratet er – doch die Ehe läu……続きを見る

In diesem eBook findet ihr zahlreiche Novellen des Autors: Inhalt Fräulein Bertha und der Yankee. (Miss Bertha and the Yankee.) Die Heirat wider Willen. (Mr. Cosway And The Landlady.) Die letzte Lie……続きを見る

One of the earliest works of ‘detective’ fiction with a narrative woven together from multiple characters, Wilkie Collins partly based his infamous novel on a real-life eighteenth century case of ab……続きを見る

Armadale by Wilkie Collins is a novel by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1864–66. It is the third of his four 'great novels' of the 1860s: after The Woman in White (1859–60) and No Name (1862), a……続きを見る

“The Lock and Key Library” is an anthology of short stories edited by Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934), an American writer and journalist who was the son of Nathaniel Hawthorne. The edition featuring “C……続きを見る

No Name by Wilkie Collins No Name is a novel by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1862. Illegitimacy is a major theme of the novel. It was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine All the……続きを見る

Revisados y actualizados, contienen un índice de contenidos al inicio del libro que permite acceder a cada tíltulo de forma fácil y directa. El retrato de Dorian Gray por Oscar Wilde Mujercitas por……続きを見る

Der 'Britisch-Krimi Sammelband' präsentiert eine bemerkenswerte Zusammenstellung klassischer Detektivgeschichten, die von einigen der brillantesten Köpfe des Genres stammen. Diese Anthologie vereint……続きを見る

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape,……続きを見る

A young woman gets married and suddenly finds herself in a situation where her loving and beloved husband turns out to be the bearer of a different surname, and a terrible, dark and discrediting sec……続きを見る

Gerard Roiland, a typical Collins outsider, returns from college in Germany to take over his family estate at Trimley Dean and falls inappropriately in love with Kristel Toller, the daughter of one ……続きを見る

Mrs. Galileo is engaged in various studies and spends much more than she can afford. Suddenly, Mrs. Galileo receives custody of her niece Carmina, in her plans to never let the guardianship out of h……続きを見る

A novel about a young woman, Jessie Yelverton (also known as the Queen of Hearts), aged 20, who soon inherits an inheritance from her dead parents. Due to a strange set of circumstances, Jessie is f……続きを見る

The loving heart of the protagonist of the novel, Iris, remains faithful to the master of her destiny. The conflict with the father does not prevent the lovers from connecting, but how does this sto……続きを見る

The heroine of the novel, Mina, the only daughter of Madame de Fontaine, is in love with Fritz. But Fritz’s father is opposed to his son’s marriage and believes that Mina and her mother encroached o……続きを見る

The hero of the novel, Armadel, decides how to deceive fate, become loved and fall in love for life. The mysteries of life are the mysteries of love, which are presented to us by the main characters……続きを見る

This is a typical English Victorian novel. The action takes place in a women’s closed boarding house, the main characters are girls, one of them will turn out to be of aristocratic origin, the other……続きを見る

There is literally no such thing as an evil genius, just a lot of depressed people who were not lucky enough to live in the 1800s. This is a historical family drama. A very abrupt end. It’s never qu……続きを見る

Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. His best-known works are The Woman in White, No Name, Armadale, and The Moonstone. This edition includes:……続きを見る

This edition includes: The Woman in White is considered to be among the first mystery novels and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the genre of 'sensation novels'. The story is ……続きを見る

In 1870, during the heart of the war between France and Germany, two women’s lives tragically and fatefully intersect. When Grace Roseberry, an Englishwoman traveling home, is struck by a mortar she……続きを見る

In “Miss or Mrs?”Natalie Graybrook is in love with her cousin Launcelot Linzie, but must stay engaged to the detestable Richard Turlington in order to receive her inheritance. “The Frozen Deep” is a……続きを見る

Valeria and Eustace Woodville’s honeymoon takes a turn for the worse when Valeria discovers Eustace’s last name is really Macallan. Since her new husband and mother-in-law won’t tell her more, Valer……続きを見る

This collection represents the common themes of Wilkie Collins’s writings: light-hearted stories, serious social commentary, and historical narratives. They range in subject from groaning over borin……続きを見る