Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 9781551116440
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 700
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As the inscription on his tombstone reveals, Wilkie Collins wanted to be remembered as the “author of The Woman in White,” for it was this novel that secured his reputation during his lifetime. The novel begins with a drawing teacher’s eerie late-night encounter with a mysterious woman in white, and then follows his love for Laura Fairlie, a young woman who is falsely incarcerated in an asylum by her husband, Sir Percival Glyde, and his sinister accomplice, Count Fosco. This edition returns to the original text that galvanized England when it was published in serial form in All the Year Round magazine in 1860. Three different prefaces Collins wrote for the novel, as well as two of his essays on the book’s composition, are reprinted, along with nine illustrations. The appendices include contemporary reviews, along with essays on lunacy, asylums, mesmerism, and the rights of women.
Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
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One of the pioneers of modern detective literature, the English writer Wilkie Collins is considered to be a master of intrigue, who can combine mystery, detective and love in his works. The novel "Woman in White" is based on a fascinating plot about a crime that was conceived and implemented for the sake of money. The arts teacher meets a mysterious girl in a white dress on the road. A frightened and slightly confused stranger begs him to help her to get to London.
Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 743
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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 sometimes considered an early example of detective fiction with the hero, Walter Hartright, employing many of the sleuthing techniques of later private detectives. Walter Hartright, a young art teacher, meets a mysterious and distressed woman dressed in white. He helps her on her way, but later learns that she has escaped from an asylum. 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.
Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781718678491
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer best remember today for his novels The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868), considered the first modern English detective novel. The Woman in White, also a mystery novel and perhaps an early example of detective fiction, is considered among the first and the finest novels in the so-called "sensation" genre. It is also an excellent example of Victorian serial novels. Before they appeared in volume form, these novels were first published serialized in installments in magazines such as the well-known ALL THE YEAR ROUND, a weekly journal curated by Charles Dickens. The Woman in White was published in 40 weekly installments. The original publication in ALL THE YEAR ROUND did not contain illustrations, but the novel was also published concurrently in the American magazine Harper's Weekly in a serialization that included the illustrations by John McLenan later used in the publication in book form. This printing of the novel by follows the organization of the American one volume printing by Harper & Brothers Publishers and includes the Preface to the 1890 edition and all the illustrations by John McLenan. Unlike a facsimile reproduction, in this edition, the entire novel has been reset using a two-column format that preserves the look and feel of both the original magazine and the first book printing layout.
Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8027231922
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 800
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"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 sometimes considered an early example of detective fiction with the hero, Walter Hartright, employing many of the sleuthing techniques of later private detectives. Walter Hartright, a young art teacher, meets a mysterious and distressed woman dressed in white. He helps her on her way, but later learns that she has escaped from an asylum. 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.
Author: Margaret F. MacDonald
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300254504
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 233
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A fascinating look at the partnership of artist James McNeill Whistler and his chief model, Joanna Hiffernan, and the iconic works of art resulting from their life together “[A] lavish volume. . . . Illuminating. . . . MacDonald’s deep research has . . . unearthed important new facts.”—Gioia Diliberto, Wall Street Journal In 1860 James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) and Joanna Hiffernan (1839–1886) met and began a significant professional and personal relationship. Hiffernan posed as a model for many of Whistler’s works, including his controversial Symphony in White paintings, a trilogy that fascinated and challenged viewers with its complex associations with sex and morality, class and fashion, academic and realist art, Victorian popular fiction, aestheticism and spiritualism. This luxuriously illustrated volume provides the first comprehensive account of Hiffernan’s partnership with Whistler throughout the 1860s and 1870s—a period when Whistler was forging a reputation as one of the most innovative and influential artists of his generation. A series of essays discusses how Hiffernan and Whistler overturned artistic conventions and sheds light on their interactions with contemporaries, including Gustave Courbet, for whom she also modeled. Packed with new insights into the creation, marketing, and cultural context of Whistler’s iconic works, this study also traces their resonance for his fellow artists, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edgar Degas, John Singer Sargent, and Gustav Klimt.
Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781723741340
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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- Unique book edition with 77 illustrations by John McLenan, produced for the 1860 and 1863 printings by HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS, New York. William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer best remember today for his novels "The Woman in White" (1859), "No Name" (1862), "Armadale" (1866) and "The Moonstone" (1868), considered the first modern English detective novel. "The Woman in White," a mystery novel and perhaps an early example of detective fiction, is considered among the first and the finest novels in the so-called "sensation" genre. It is also an excellent example of Victorian serial novels. Before they appeared in volume form, these novels were first published serialized in installments in magazines such as the well-known "ALL THE YEAR ROUND," a weekly journal curated by Charles Dickens. "The Woman in White" was published in 40 weekly installments. The original publication in "ALL THE YEAR ROUND" did not contain illustrations, but the novel was also published concurrently in the American magazine "Harper's Weekly" in a serialization that included the illustrations by John McLenan later used in the publication in book form.
Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher: E-Artnow
ISBN: 9788026891079
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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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 sometimes considered an early example of detective fiction with the hero, Walter Hartright, employing many of the sleuthing techniques of later private detectives. Walter Hartright, a young art teacher, meets a mysterious and distressed woman dressed in white. He helps her on her way, but later learns that she has escaped from an asylum. 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.
