Name: Armadale (Mystery Thriller Classic): A Suspense Novel from the prolific English writer, best known for The Woman in White, No Name, The Moonstone, The (in English)
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Author: Wilkie Collins
ISBN: 9788026891093

portada Armadale (Mystery Thriller Classic): A Suspense Novel from the prolific English writer, best known for The Woman in White, No Name, The Moonstone, The (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Wilkie Collins

Publisher

E-Artnow

Language

English

Pages

424

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm

Weight

0.56 kg.

ISBN13

9788026891093

Synopsis "Armadale (Mystery Thriller Classic): A Suspense Novel from the prolific English writer, best known for The Woman in White, No Name, The Moonstone, The (in English)"

Armadale is a mystery novel. The novel has a convoluted plot about two distant cousins both named Allan Armadale. The father of one had murdered the father of the other (the two fathers are also named Allan Armadale). The story starts with a deathbed confession by the murderer in the form of a letter to be given to his baby son when he grows up. 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.

Wilkie Collins

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(Londres 1824-1889) Dramaturgo, novelista y prolífico autor de relatos. A los 17 años comienza a trabajar en una empresa de comercio de té mientras escribe Ioláni, o Tahití tal como era (Gótica nº 32), obra que no vio la luz hasta más de un siglo después de su muerte. Estudió Derecho y, aunque nunca llegó a ejercer, sí utilizó los conocimientos jurídicos en muchas de sus obras, y la crítica le considera uno de los padres del género policiaco. En 1851, conoce a Charles Dickens, al que le unirá una profunda amistad y publicará en su semanario All the Year Around sus principales obras. Tras la muerte de Dickens en 1870, su popularidad decae. Padeció de gota reumática la que le acabó provocando una adicción al opio. El epitafio de su tumba le destaca como el autor de la novela La dama de blanco.

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