Wilkie Collins - Thrillers 4

Wilkie Collins is one of the early writers of detective fiction, most famous for his "The Woman in White" and "The Moonstone", two works that established his reputation among the reading public of h……続きを見る

Tallirenki Francis Rawen on nähnyt kerrassaan kauhistuttavan unen – unen, jossa tuntematon nainen yrittää tappaa hänet. Pian Rawen päätyy naimisiin naisen kanssa, joka näyttää hämmästyttävän paljon ……続きを見る

Iris Henley is at odds with her father because she refuses to marry Hugh Mountjoy, nephew of her Irish godfather. She is in love with the wild Lord Harry Norland, a friend of Hugh's brother, Arthur.……続きを見る

Is there no explanation of the mystery of The Haunted Hotel? Is The Haunted Hotel the tale of a haunting -- or the tale of a crime? The ghost of Lord Montberry haunts the Palace Hotel in Venice 続きを見る

The Secret of the title is the parentage of the heroine, Rosamond Treverton, who has been passed off as the daughter of the wealthy former actress Mrs Treverton of Porthgenna Tower, but is in fact t……続きを見る

Publicada en 1884 y escrita por el novelista inglés Wilkie Collins con su habitual maestría, "La respuesta es no" es una lectura que atrapa y que se vuelve más adictiva conforme la trama avanza. Rep……続きを見る

Avec "La pierre de lune", Wilkie Collins a sans doute inventé le roman policier moderne. Contemporain et ami de Dickens, avec lequel il écrivit plusieurs nouvelles, cet écrivain prolifique et génére……続きを見る

Nuori piirustuksenopettaja Walter Hartright on saanut töitä Limmeridgen kartanosta, jossa hänen on määrä opettaa suvun tyttärille taiteita. Ennen kartanoon muuttoa tapahtuu kuitenkin jotakin perin k……続きを見る

La Legge e la Signora, opera della maturità di Wilkie Collins, oltre a presentare diversi elementi della moderna letteratura di genere, è il primo esempio di romanzo poliziesco che ha per protagonis……続きを見る

Amelius Goldenheart viene esiliato dalla Comunità Cristiana di Tadmor, nell’Illinois, a causa della relazione illecita con una donna più matura. Una volta giunto a Londra, al ricordo del mondo ideal……続きを見る

Williamilla on onnea, kun hän pääsee palvelijaksi herra ja rouva Norcrossin talouteen. Onhan perhe rikas ja hyvämaineinen. Kun herra Norcross menehtyy, nuori leski jää asuttamaan suurta maatilaa pal……続きを見る

You've probably read or seen a film based on an epistolary novel (a story presented through letters sent between characters): "Persuasion", "Dracula", and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". You'll a……続きを見る

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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

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

Der Mondstein gilt als wegweisendes Werk für die Kriminalliteratur. Der Tagebuch- und Briefroman erzählt die komplexe Geschichte um den Diebstahl und das Wiederauffinden eines indischen Diamanten im……続きを見る