Bøger af Wilkie Collins

Collins samlede adskillige af sine noveller i forskellige samlinger og digtede dem ind i en rammehistorie. Her drejer det sig om en omrejsende portrætmaler, der pådrager sig en øjensygdom og derfor ikke er i stand til at male. For at klare dagen og vejen, fortæller han sin kone en række historier, som han har fået fra de personer, han har malet portrætter af, og som hun så nedskriver for at udgive dem.Samlingen indeholder:En frygtelig sengSøster RoseEt stjålet brevFruen på GlenwithGabriels bryllupDen gule maske

The Moonstone, a priceless yellow diamond, is looted from an Indian temple and maliciously bequeathed to Rachel Verinder. On her eighteenth birthday, her friend and suitor Franklin Blake brings the gift to her. That very night, it is stolen again. No one is above suspicion, as the idiosyncratic Sergeant Cuff and the Franklin piece together a puzzling series of events as mystifying as an opium dream and as deceptive as the nearby Shivering Sand. T. S. Eliot famously described THE MOONSTONE as 'the first, the longest and the best of modern English detective novels', but, as Sandra Kemp discusses in her introduction, it offers many other facets, which reveal Collins's sensibilities as untypical of his era.

Wilkie Collins' sixth novel took the fashionable world by storm on its appearance in 1860, when everything from dances to dresses was named after the "woman in white". Nicholas Rance is the author of "Historical Novel and Popular Politics in Nineteenth-Century England".

Natalie Graybrooke elsker sin fætter Launcelot Linzie, men er af sin fader blevet lovet til den betydelig ældre mr. Turlington, som hun afskyr. Turlington poserer som succesrig forretningsmand, men i virkeligheden er i dyb gæld og er kun ude efter hendes formue for at kunne redde sig selv. I plottet indgår desuden en bortførelse, et hemmeligt ægteskab og et mord - mere skal ikke afsløres her.

Fader Benwell, en højtstående jesuitisk præst forsøger at genvinde en engelsk herregård, der er et tidligere kloster, som den engelske krone inddrog ved reformationen under Henry VIII, for Kirken. I sine bestræbelser udnytter han den nuværende ejer, Lewis Romaynes, psykiske ustabilitet og overspændte sværmeriske tendenser i forhold til religion og moral.En kvinde kommer imidlertid i vejen for fader Benwells planer, og Romayne splittes mellem sin kærlighed og sin tro.

Collins var en nær ven af Dickens - men ikke på højde med denne. Han var "opfinderen" af den første egentlige kriminalroman, nemlig Månestenen (The Moonstone) - Armadale kan ligeledes kaldes en kriminalroman.Collins was a close friend of Dickens - but not on par with this. He was the "inventor" of the first true detective novel, namely Moon Stone (The Moonstone) - This novel has a convoluted plot about two distant cousins both named Allan Armadale. The father of one had murdered the father of the other (the two fathers are also named Allan Armadale). The story starts with a deathbed confession by the murderer in the form of a letter to be given to his baby son when he grows up. Many years pass.

Hvorfor er den respektable maler Valentin Blyth så hemmelighedsfuld med hensyn til, hvor hans plejedatter, den døvstumme Mary - til daglig kaldet Madonna - stammer fra? Denne hemmelighed bliver ikke afsløret, før hans ven, den unge, rebelske Zack Thorpe, en dag møder en mystisk fremmed.Første halvdel af Tabt og fundet er een stor optakt til anden del, hvor man langsomt og trin for trin følger den mystiske fremmedes bestræbelser på at finde hemmeligheden bag Madonnas ophav.

Eletaan Ranskan vallankumouksen aikoja. Rosa Trudaine on nuori nainen, joka paatyy naimisiin ylaluokkaisen Charles Danvillen kanssa. Danville ei kuitenkaan ole lojaali, vaan ilmoittaa viranomaisille Rosan veljen erikoisesta kaytoksesta vallankumouksen alla - ja saattaa nain sisarukset kuolemanvaaraan. "e;Sisar Rosa"e; on Wilkie Collinsin klassinen jannitysromaani, joka julkaistiin alun perin Charles Dickensin toimittamassa "e;Househould Words"e; -lehdessa vuonna 1855.-

Kun nuori englantilainen asianajaja lahtee vierailulle kaukaisten sukulaistensa luokse Amerikkaan, han ei aavista joutuvansa keskelle suurta mysteeria. Sukulaisten taloon on nimittain vastikaan muuttanut kaunis ottotytar, johon tilanhoitaja John Jago on ihastunut. Pian Jago kuitenkin katoaa mystisesti. Mita Jagolle tapahtui? Onko talon kahdella pojalla jotakin tekemista Jagon katoamisen kanssa?"e;John Jagon henki"e; on Wilkie Collinsin karmiva jannitysromaani vuodelta 1874. Sen tapahtumia innoitti Stephen ja Jesse Boornin tapaus vuodelta 1812. -

Tallirenki Francis Rawen on nahnyt kerrassaan kauhistuttavan unen - unen, jossa tuntematon nainen yrittaa tappaa hanet. Pian Rawen paatyy naimisiin naisen kanssa, joka nayttaa hammastyttavan paljon samalta kuin hanen unensa nainen... vaan mika onkaan unta ja mika todellisuutta?"e;Naisen haamu"e; on Wilkie Collinsin hyytava 1800-luvulle sijoittuva jannitysromaani.-

Williamilla on onnea, kun han paasee palvelijaksi herra ja rouva Norcrossin talouteen. Onhan perhe rikas ja hyvamaineinen. Kun herra Norcross menehtyy, nuori leski jaa asuttamaan suurta maatilaa palvelijoiden kanssa. Rouva Norcrossilla riittaa kosijoita. Williamin yllatykseksi leski ei kuitenkaan valitse uudeksi puolisokseen hyvamaineista herrasmiesta, vaan lipevan James Smithin. Kukaan ei silti aavista, minkalaisia kauheuksia Smithin historiaan kuuluu..."e;Eraan perheen tarina"e; on Wilkie Collinsin jannittava pienoisromaani.-

Hide and Seek - The mystery of Mary Grice is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

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