| The Woman in White Contributor(s): Collins, Wilkie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1406792993 ISBN-13: 9781406792997 Publisher: Hesperides Press OUR PRICE: $33.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Wilkie Collins was the master of the early detective story. This volume brings together for the first time three classic novels from his most productive period. The Woman in White (1860) is a tale of mystery and mistaken identity told by its various characters in turn. From the moment when a lovely young woman surprises Walter Hartwright in moonlit north London, Collins keeps the reader in suspense until the entire mesh of secrets is unwoven. In The Moonstone (1868) a fabulous yellow diamond disappears from the Verinders' country house in Yorkshire. Witnesses, suspects, and detectives all take up the story, and their narratives lead towards a melodramatic, unforeseeable conclusion. Valeria Woodville in The Law and the Lady (1875) must unravel the secrets of her husband's earlier life; she takes the law into her own hands and becomes one of the first woman detectives in fiction. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 790 |
| Physical Information: 1.29" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.60 lbs) 580 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. |