Name: Wilkie Collins' The Evil Genius: "In one respect, me are all alike; they hate to see a woman in tears." (in English)
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Author: Collins, Wilkie
ISBN: 9781780007533

portada Wilkie Collins' The Evil Genius: "In one respect, me are all alike; they hate to see a woman in tears." (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Wilkie Collins

Publisher

Word to the Wise

Language

Inglés

Pages

230

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm

Weight

0.31 kg.

ISBN13

9781780007533

Synopsis "Wilkie Collins' The Evil Genius: "In one respect, me are all alike; they hate to see a woman in tears." (in English)"

"In one respect, me are all alike; they hate to see a woman in tears."The Evil Genius is Wilkie Collins's novel about marital complications, adultery, divorce and child-custody. Herbert Linley engages in an illicit romantic relationship with his daughter's governess, Sydney Westerfield. Sydney leaves the house after being caught by Herbert's mother-in-law, yet she returns when little kitty falls seriously ill and asks for her beloved governess. As things get more and more complicated, it is Catherine who decides to leave her husband this time. She takes her daughter with her and goes into hiding for fear that the child's custody would be given to the father. Later, Catherine divorces Herbert and the narrative describes the daily sufferings of little Kitty who is bereft of both her father and her governess. Captain Bennydeck, a friend of Sydney's dead father, is later introduced in the story. When he comes looking for Sydney, he falls in love with Catherine and only withdraws his proposal to her when he learns that she is a divorced woman. The narrative closes when Sydney, being tormented by her guilty conscience, decides to withdraw from Herbert's life. In the end, Catherine is pushed by Kitty to reunite with her husband and Sydney is hired by Captain Bennydeck as his personal secretary.

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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