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4) Man and Wife
Man and Wife is the ninth novel by Wilkie Collins, and was published in serial form in 1870. Like many of his other novels it has a complex plot and tackles social issues, in this case the then-lax state of the marriage laws, particularly in Scotland and Ireland. As always, Collins deals carefully but frankly with human personal behavior. To avoid offending Victorian morals too
...Iris Henley est brouillée avec son père : Celui-ci souhaite la voir épouser Hugues Montjoie, profondément épris d'Iris. Mais Iris aime un autre homme, Lord Harry. Malheureusement, la vie dissolue de celui-ci rend le mariage impossible, et elle a renoncé à le voir. Mais les circonstances de la vie vont faire que les chemins d'Iris et de Lord Harry vont à nouveau se croiser, alors que celui-ci est pourchassé par une association d'Irlandais
...Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright known for The Woman in White (1859) and The Moonstone (1868). The last has been called the first modern English detective novel. Born to a London painter, William Collins, and his wife, the family moved to Italy when Collins was twelve, living there and in France for two years, so that he learned Italian and French. He worked at first as a tea merchant.
On publishing
...Le précurseur de la «detective novel», le «Gaboriau anglais», les qualificatifs ne manquent pas pour qualifier le premier grand auteur de romans policiers anglais, des années avant Arthur Conan Doyle et son SHerlock Holmes.
Après un mariage scandaleux, Lord Montbarry décède en voyage de noces dans un hôtel à Venise. Malgré les circonstances troubles ,une enquête diligentée par les assurances ne trouve rien de suspect... Mais
8) Je Dis Non
En 1881, la jeune Emily Brown et sa meilleure amie Cecilia Wyvil sont pensionnaires dans une école pour jeunes filles. Peu avant les vacances estivales, Emily, apprend qu'une jeune professeur est renvoyée. Avant de partir, cette jeune femme confie à Emily, qui est orpheline, qu'elle a connu son père mais se refuse à lui en dire beaucoup plus. Quelques temps après, grâce à Cecilia, Emily a quitté la pension et trouvé un travail de secrétaire
..."Love's Random Shot" is a short story by Wilkie Collins.
Collins was an English novelist and playwright known for The Woman in White (1859) and The Moonstone (1868). The last has been called the first modern English detective novel. Born to a London painter, William Collins, and his wife, the family moved to Italy when Collins was twelve, living there and in France for two years, so that he learned
..."Blow Up With The Brig!" is a short story by Wilkie Collins.
Collins was an English novelist and playwright known for The Woman in White (1859) and The Moonstone (1868). The last has been called the first modern English detective novel. Born to a London painter, William Collins, and his wife, the family moved to Italy when Collins was twelve, living there and in France for two years, so that he learned Italian
...13) Miss or Mrs.?
14) L'Abîme
Après avoir abandonné son enfant à sa naissance à l'Hospice des Enfants Trouvés, une jeune mère prise de remords le récupère à l'âge de douze ans. Walter Wilding connaît alors une existence heureuse près de sa mère et devient marchand de vins. Malheureusement, lorsqu'il atteint l'âge de vingt cinq ans, sa mère décède?
How far is a mother prepared to go to secure her daughter's future? Madame Fontaine, widow of an eminent chemist, has both the determination and the cunning to bring young Minna's marriage plans to fruition, with dangerous consequences for anyone who dares to stand in her way. But has she met her match in Jack Straw, one-time inmate of Bedlam lunatic asylum? It will take a visit to the morgue to find out who triumphs - and who comes out
...Dans le train qui l'emmène en voyage de noces à Ramsgate, Valéria Woodville pense aux semaines qui ont précédé son mariage : sa rencontre avec Eustache, ses rapides fiançailles avec lui, l'inquiétude de son oncle pour ce projet de mariage faute d'informations sérieuses sur la situation personnelle d'Eustache, l'opposition de la mère d'Eustache à ce projet. Installés à Ramsgate, Valéria et Eustache rencontrent par hasard la mère
...17) Le Secret
Le secret En cette nuit du 23 août 1829, sur la côte déchiquetée des Cornouailles, la résidence d'été des Treverton n'est plus que silence et ténèbres. Le manoir tout entier est suspendu aux battements du coeur de la maîtresse de maison qui rend bientôt son souffle, laissant derrière elle un époux accablé, une fillette en pleurs et beaucoup de questions sans réponses. Que contient, par exemple, cette mystérieuse lettre confiée
...Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright known for The Woman in White (1859) and The Moonstone (1868). The last has been called the first modern English detective novel. Born to a London painter, William Collins, and his wife, the family moved to Italy when Collins was twelve, living there and in France for two years, so that he learned Italian and French. He worked at first as a tea merchant.
On publishing
...19) Basil
Written in 1887, this example of Wilkie Collins' short stories was written towards the end of his career. The plot follow Evan Fencote as he unravels the tangled problems of his wife-to-be.
Collins's works were known as "sensation novels," the forerunner to detective and suspense fiction. He was also known for his focus on the social and domestic issues of his time, especially as related to women.