The Dream Woman Contributor(s): Collins, Wilkie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1548301620 ISBN-13: 9781548301620 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.13" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.22 lbs) 64 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: When Francis Raven is roused from his sleep on the eve of his birthday and confronted by the sight of a woman trying to stab him, he is unsure whether she is real or an apparition. Years later, against the wishes of his mother, he marries Alicia, a woman with a strange resemblance to the mysterious visitor, who ends up attacking him on his birthday, before vanishing from his life. Is Francis's wife a ghost, a demon or a living human being? And will the prophecy of the night-time visitation be fulfilled one day? Originally published in Household Words in 1855 as 'The Ostler', but recast and expanded two decades later, The Dream Woman is a powerfully dark and suspenseful multi-narrative novella from the master of the mystery genre and the author of some of the most enduringly popular novels of the Victorian era. |