Name: Mr Wray's Cash Box (Christmas Mystery Series): From the prolific English writer, best known for The Woman in White, Armadale, The Moonstone and The De (in English)
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Author: Collins, Wilkie
ISBN: 9788026892359

portada Mr Wray's Cash Box (Christmas Mystery Series): From the prolific English writer, best known for The Woman in White, Armadale, The Moonstone and The De (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Wilkie Collins

Publisher

E-Artnow

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.3 cm

Weight

0.09 kg.

ISBN13

9788026892359

Synopsis "Mr Wray's Cash Box (Christmas Mystery Series): From the prolific English writer, best known for The Woman in White, Armadale, The Moonstone and The De (in English)"

Reuben Wray is a retired stage actor whose most valuable possession is a mask of Shakespeare which he guards obsessively in his cash box, attracting thieves towards the box. Upon the theft of his sole possession it is upto his grand-daugter to bring back the lost happiness of his dear old grand-father and make his Christmas worthwhile again. A heartening Christmas mystery read! Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868). The last is considered the first modern English detective novel.

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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