Download or read book The Lauras written by Sara Taylor and published by Hogarth. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the 2017 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year From critically acclaimed and Baileys Prize-nominated author Sara Taylor comes a dazzling new novel about youth, identity, and family secrets After a fight with Alex’s father, Ma pulls Alex out of bed and onto a pilgrimage of self-discovery through her own enthralling past. Guided by a memory map of places and people from Ma’s life before motherhood, the pair travels from Virginia to California, each new destination and character revealing secrets, stories, and unfinished business. As Alex’s coming-of-age narrative unfolds across the continent, we meet a cast of riveting and heartwarming characters including brilliant Annie, who seeks the help of Ma and Alex to escape the patriarchal cult in which she was raised, and the tragic young Marisol, whose dreams of becoming a mother end in heartbreak. Slowly, Alex begins to realizes that the road trip is not a string of arbitrary stops, but a journey whose destination is perhaps Ma’s biggest secret of all. Told from the perspective of Alex, a teenager who equates gender identification with unwillingly choosing a side in a war, and written with a stunningly assured lyricism, The Lauras is a fearless study of identity, set against the gorgeously rendered landscape of North America.
Download or read book No Name written by Wilkie Collins and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Woman in White written by Wilkie Collins and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2006-04-20 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Woman in White written by Wilkie Collins and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-04-29 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his "charming" friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons and poison. Pursuing questions of identity and insanity along the paths and corridors of English country houses and the madhouse, The Woman in White is the first and most influential of the Victorian genre that combined Gothic horror with psychological realism. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Download or read book The Shade of the Moon written by Susan Beth Pfeffer and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eagerly awaited addition to the dystopian series begun with New York Times best-seller Life As We Knew It, Jon Evans is one of the lucky ones--until he realizes that escaping his safe haven may be the only way to truly survive.
Download or read book The Moonstone written by Wilkie Collins and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 1999-03-09 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intrigue, investigations, thievery, drugs and murder all make an appearance in Collins’s classic who-done-it, The Moonstone. Published in serial form in 1868, it was inspired in part by a spectacular murder case widely reported in the early 1860s. Collins’s story revolves around a diamond stolen from a Hindu holy place. On her eighteenth birthday, Rachel Verinder receives the diamond, but by the following morning the stone has been stolen again. As the story unravels through multiple eyewitness accounts, the elderly Sergeant Cuff—with a face “sharp as a hatchet”—looks for the culprit. One of Collins’s best-loved novels, with an exciting plot moved along by deftly-drawn characters and elegant pacing, The Moonstone was also turned into a play by Collins; the play appears as an appendix to this edition.
Download or read book The Dead Secret written by Wilkie Collins and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Moonstone written by William Wilkie Collins and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 843 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Moonstone written by Wilkie Collins and published by Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2024-05-17 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Moonstone is considered one of the earliest and finest examples of detective fiction. Collins' use of multiple narrators and the intricate plot structure set the groundwork for many future mystery novels. The novel features a highly intricate plot involving a stolen diamond, a series of suspects, and unexpected twists and turns. "The Moonstone" explores themes such as greed, betrayal, and the consequences of colonialism. These themes resonate with readers and provide substance beyond the surface mystery. The complexity of the story keeps readers engaged and guessing until the end. It passes through various hands, leaving a trail of mystery, betrayal, and tragedy. The story unfolds through multiple narratives, revealing secrets and motives as it progresses. Detective Cuff's investigation, Rachel Verinder's distress and the sinister schemes of the criminal trio add layers of intrigue. Ultimately, the moonstone's power to corrupt and destroy is unveiled, leaving a profound impact on all involved. Collins masterfully weaves suspense and psychological depth, creating a timeless tale of greed, deception, and the consequences of obsession. It keeps the reader guessing about the culprit and the fate of the gem. Set in the Victorian era, the novel provides a fascinating glimpse into the social customs, class distinctions, and technological advancements of the time. This historical backdrop adds richness to the narrative. It explores themes of colonialism, gender roles, and the corrupting influence of wealth. It remains a timeless classic of detective fiction, beloved for its rich characters, intricate plot, and enduring relevance. The novel provides a fascinating glimpse into the social customs, class distinctions, and technological advancements of the time. Overall, "The Moonstone" continues to captivate readers with its gripping plot, memorable characters, and exploration of timeless themes. Its influence on the detective fiction genre and its enduring popularity makes it a classic of English literature.
Download or read book Armadale written by Wilkie Collins and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Magdalen written by Wilkie Collins and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Haunted Hotel written by Wilkie Collins and published by Rose-Belford Publishing Company. This book was released on 1878 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jezebel s Daughter written by Wilkie Collins and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fictions of Affliction written by Martha Stoddard Holmes and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-02-09 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tiny Tim, Clym Yeobright, Long John Silver---what underlies nineteenth-century British literature's fixation with disability? Melodramatic representations of disability pervaded not only novels by Dickens, but also doctors' treatises on blindness, educators' arguments for "special" education, and even the writing of disabled people themselves. Drawing on extensive primary research, Martha Stoddard Holmes introduces readers to popular literary and dramatic works that explored culturally risky questions like "can disabled men work?" and "should disabled women have babies?" and makes connections between literary plots and medical, social, and educational debates of the day. The first book of its kind, Fictions of Affliction contributes a new emphasis to Victorian literary and cultural studies and offers new readings of works by canonic and becoming-canonic writers like Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and others.
Download or read book The Moonstone Illustrated written by Wilkie Collins and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel. It is an early modern example of the detective novel, and established many of the ground rules of the modern genre. The story was serialised in Charles Dickens's magazine All the Year Round. Collins adapted The Moonstone for the stage in 1877.
Download or read book The Woman in White illustrated The Moonstone The Haunted Hotel A Mystery of Modern Venice written by Wilkie Collins and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 1608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: “The Woman in White (illustrated) + The Moonstone + The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice” contains 3 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 1859–1860, and first published in book form in 1860. It is considered to be among the first mystery novels and is widely regarded as one of the first 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. The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is an epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language. The Moonstone is about the disappearance of a precious diamond called "the Moonstone", and the novel is a collection of eyewitness accounts by different characters who know something about its disappearance. The idea was for the novel itself to be like a collection of evidence so that the readers could be put in the position of the detective. The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice is a Wilkie Collins's ghost story was set in 1860 and published in book form with 'My Lady's Money'. The Haunted Hotel: a tale of a haunting - or the tale of a crime? The ghost of Lord Montberry seems to be haunting the Palace Hotel in Venice. Montberry's beautiful-yet-terrifying wife, the Countess Narona, and her erstwhile brother are the center of the terror that fills the Palace Hotel. Are their malefactions at the root of the haunting - or is there something darker, something much more unknowable at work? William Wilkie Collins (1824 – 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale, and No Name. Collins developed a new way of writing suspenseful novels: instead of having a central narrator who tells the story, Collins composed his novels as a series of first-person narratives, so the point of view in the novels is always changing.
Download or read book The Woman in White written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2005 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Vocal Selections). Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical is an adaptation of Wilkie Collin's sensational Victorian novel. This folio features nine vocal selections, including: All for Laura * Evermore Without You * I Believe My Heart * If I Could Only Dream This World Away * Lost Souls * The Seduction * Trying Not to Notice * You Can Get Away with Anything * You See I Am No Ghost. Includes four-page color section with cast photos.
