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Hide And Seek (in English)
Collins, Wilkie
Synopsis "Hide And Seek (in English)"
Hide and Seek is a novel written by Wilkie Collins. Written withinside the aftermath of Antonina his a hit debut, Hide and Seek reveals the writer honing the trademark experience of thriller and mental unease that might make him a family call across the world. Recognized as an critical Victorian novelist and pioneer of detective fiction, Wilkie Collins changed into a author with a present for considerate entertainment, testimonies written for a famous target target market that preserve to resonate with pupils and readers today. Mary Grice, a younger girl of wealth and social standing, will become pregnant after a quick affair with a person calling himself Arthur Carr. Banished from her home, she dies throughout childbirth withinside the care of a set of circus performers, who undertake the toddler as their own. Raised with the aid of using Martha Peckover, the spouse of a clown, younger Mary is exploited with the aid of using the circus proprietor following an coincidence with a horse, which leaves her deaf and mute. In order to store her, Martha brings Mary to a minister, who guarantees she is followed into a very good home. Taken in with the aid of using the Blyth family, Mary will become called Madonna for her splendor and grace, and shortly catches the attention of Zack Thorpe. As the tale unfolds, a thriller regarding Mary's father starts to take shape, with implications for her blossoming romance with Zack. Beyond its sensational plot, Hide and Seek is a masterpiece of Gothic suspense and thriller for pro readers of Victorian fiction and rookies alike.
(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.
