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Una abadía incautada, un pasado inconfesable, un matrimonio fraudulento, una herencia disputada… Tras un trágico incidente que le atormenta sin descanso, el apuesto Lewis Romayne se aisla en su casa

La joven y rica heredera Laura Fairlie ama a su profesor de dibujo, pero accede a los deseos de su tutor y se compromete con sir Percival Glyde, quien alberga el oscuro propósito de arrebatarle toda su herencia… El único obstáculo para sus siniestros planes es una misteriosa dama vestida de blanco que, al parecer, ha escapado de un sanatorio mental… Una historia inspirada en un crimen real y narrada por múltiples voces que supuso una de las cumbres narrativas de su autor.

La pietra di Luna, (titolo originale TheMoonstone) conosciuto in Italia anche con il titolo Il diamante indiano, e un romanzo di Wilkie Collins pubblicato a puntate in Inghilterra nel 1868.Il colonnello John Herncastle, ex ufficiale dellesercito britannico, al rientro in patria dallIndia reca con se la leggendaria Pietra di Luna, un diamante di colore giallo, da lui rubato nel 1799 durante lassedio di Seringapatam. Secondo la tradizione il diamante adornava la statua di una divinita indiana.Molti anni dopo, furioso nei confronti della sua famiglia, che lo ha messo in disparte, il colonnello nelle sue ultime volonta lascia il gioiello alla nipote Rachel, come regalo per il diciottesimo compleanno. In realta il regalo dello zio espone Rachel agli attacchi dei guardiani della Pietra di Luna, un gruppo di tre bramini che, secondo la leggenda, si tramanda negli anni il compito di custodire la pietra e di recuperarla nel caso fosse rubata.La vicenda principale comincia dopo la morte del colonnello Herncastle, nella primavera del 1848, in una villa inglese dello Yorkshire, raccontata in prima persona dal maggiordomo Betteredge, anziano servitore di lady Julia Verinder, una delle sorelle del colonnello e madre di Rachel.Thomas Stearns Eliot ne diede un lusinghiero giudizio scrivendo le seguenti righe: The Moonstone e il primo, il piu lungo e il migliore dei romanzi polizieschi inglesi. Si puo dire senza tema di sbagliare che quanto ve di meglio e di piu efficace nel racconto poliziesco contemporaneo si trova gia in queste pagine. Gli autori moderni hanno aggiunto luso delle impronte digitali e altre bazzecole del genere, ma non hanno saputo far nulla che sorpassi ne i metodi ne la personalita del sergente Cuff. Egli e il detective perfetto.

Armadale is a mystery novel by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1864-66. It is the third of his four great novels of the 1860s, after "The Woman in White" and "No Name", and before "The Moonstone". 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. Armadale is Collinss longest novel and combines several of his favorite themes, including the supernatural, identity, murder, and detection.Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was an English writer and early master of the mystery story, known for his sensational novels and plays. He is considered the grandfather of the English detective novel and a pioneer of detective fiction. Collins explored the effects of mysterious, shocking, and criminal happenings within Victorian middle-class families in his works, including "The Woman in White", "No Name", "Armadale", and "The Moonstone".

Pubblicato in Italia nel 1868, Accanto al fuoco raccoglie tre racconti di Wilkie Collins tradotti da A. M. Lessona.Wilkie William Collins (Marylebone, 8 gennaio 1824 Londra, 23 settembre 1889) e stato uno scrittore inglese, amico e collaboratore di Charles Dickens. La sua produzione letteraria, e in particolare quella fantastica, e di assoluto rilievo, ma non vi e dubbio che a tuttoggi sia maggiormente conosciuto dal grande pubblico per i romanzi gialli La donna in bianco, La pietra di Luna, La legge e la signora e La follia dei Monkton. La pietra di Luna e, inoltre, il primo fair-play, ossia il primo romanzo in cui il lettore dispone di tutti gli indizi per risolvere il mistero, anche se Collins complica le indagini con falsi indizi.G.K. Chesterton scrisse di Dickens e Collins: Erano insuperabili nelle storie di fantasmi.

No Name by Wilkie Collins No Name is a novel by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1862. Illegitimacy is a major theme of the novel. It was originally serialised in Charles Dickens magazine All the Year Round before book publication.Scene One begins in 1846, at Combe-Raven in West Somerset, the country residence of the wealthy Vanstone family: Andrew Vanstone, his wife, and their two daughters. Norah, age 26, is happy and quiet; Magdalen, 18, is beautiful but volatile and willful. The family lives in peace and contentment, with the girls former governess, Miss Garth.Through amateur theatricals, Magdalen discovers she is a talented actress and falls in love with Frank Clare, who is also in the play. Frank, the idle but handsome son of a neighbour, has reluctantly tried to pursue a career but failed, and his father is not wealthy. However, the young couple wish to marry and Magdalens fortune will easily support them.Their fathers agree to the marriage, but before it takes place Mr. Vanstone is killed in a train crash and Mrs. Vanstone dies in childbirth. The family lawyer, Mr. Pendril, tells Norah and Magdalen that despite appearances their parents had only been married for a few months, and their wedding invalidated the will which left everything to the daughters.

The Moonstone, a yellow diamond looted from an Indian temple and believed to bring bad luck to its owner, is bequeathed to Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night the priceless stone is stolen again and when Sergeant Cuff is brought in to investigate the crime, he soon realizes that no one in Rachels household is above suspicion. Hailed by T. S. Eliot as the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels, "The Moonstone" is a marvellously taut and intricate tale of mystery, in which facts and memory can prove treacherous and not everyone is as they first appear.

The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 18591860, and first published in book form in 1860. It is considered to be among the first mystery novels and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the genre of sensation novels.As was customary at that time, The Woman in White was first published as a magazine serial. The first episode appeared on 29 November 1859, following Charles Dickenss own A Tale of Two Cities in Dickenss magazine All the Year Round in England, and Harpers Magazine in America. It caused an immediate sensation. Julian Symons (in his 1974 introduction to the Penguin edition) reports that "queues formed outside the offices to buy the next instalment. Bonnets, perfumes, waltzes and quadrilles were called by the books title. Gladstone cancelled a theatre engagement to go on reading it. And Prince Albert sent a copy to Baron Stockmar."

La pobre señorita Finch(1871-1872) cuenta la historia de una joven ciega, "tan franca como intérprida" que, en el trance de recuperar la vista, se encuentra en el centro de una red de mentiras piadosas y engaños malignos tejidos por los dos hermanos gemelos que estan enamorados de ella.

Confesiones de unbribón narra en primera persona las desventuras e Francis, un muchacho de la alta sociedad londiense que tras abandonar la carrera de medicina iiciada para agradar a su señor padre, el doctor ortimer, se dedicara al arte de la caricatura y a satira. Dicho arte hara peligrar la sacrosantareputacion familiar e incluso la boda de su finiima hermana Arabela con Batterbury, hombre de inensa fortuna y con un pie en el mas alla.

Wilkie Collins escribió 26 novelas y más de 50 relatos cortos. Entre sus obras destacan The woman in white (1860), Armadale (1866), The Moonstone (1868) y The Law and the Lady (1875). Su última novela, Blind Love, fue concluida por su amigo Walter Besant, ya que Collins, con una salud muy quebrada desde hacia años, sufrio una paralisis parcial en junio de 1889, falleciendo en septiembre de ese mismo año.

La narración arranca presentándonos a la encantadora Emily, una muchacha huérfana cuyo padre murió cuatro años atrás de forma repentina mientras ella se hallaba lejos de su hogar. Emily acaba de terminar su formacion en la escuela de la señora Ladd y esta a punto de entrar a trabajar como secretaria para un anciano estudioso que investiga antiguos jeroglificos.

Basil, benjamín de “un caballero inglés de inmensa fortuna”, se enamora de un flechazo de una muchacha a la que un día ve casualmente en un ómnibus. Después de conocerla, accede a casarse con ella, c

wilkie Collins - La novela se adelanta a su época, tratando temas tan modernos como el divorcio y la tenencia de los hijos. La reina del mal nos introduce en un triángulo amoroso: la esposa, la amante y un marido adultero conforman el movil de la trama aunque, de hecho, es el hijo del matrimonio quien ofrece una vision acabada de la tragedia familiar.

"Wilkie Collins es el maestro de la trama, la zozobra y los desenlaces imprevistos" Jorge Luis Borges Dos hombres perdidos en las inmensidades heladas del Ártico. Uno de ellos, Richard Wardour, ha llevado a su joven compañero, Frank Aldersley, a esta atroz situacion por un deseo ardiente de venganza. En Inglaterra, una hermosa muchacha, conocedora del secreto de Richard, espera, abatida, noticias de su amado Frank, que ignora el sentimiento de odio que inspira en aquel. El desenlace de este planteamiento no llegara al lector, absorto en el suspense de la accion, hasta las paginas finales.

CONTENTS:PHILIP K. DICK1. Adjustment TeamPHILIP K. DICK2. The Crystal CryptPHILIP K. DICK3. The Golden ManPHILIP K. DICK4. The Hanging StrangerWILKIE COLLINS5. The Anglers Story Of The Lady Of Glenwith GrangeRAFAEL SABATINI6. The Fools Love StoryRAFAEL SABATINI7. The PrizeO.HENRY8. The Phonograph and the GraftMAX PEMBERTON9. A Miracle of BellsMAX PEMBERTON10. The Risen DeadMAX PEMBERTON11. The Wolf of CismonMAX PEMBERTON12. Treasure of White Creek13. B. 24EDGAR ALLAN POE14. The Fall of the House of UsherEDGAR WALLACE15. The Man Who Lived at ClaphamEDGAR WALLACE16. The Man Who Hated Amelia JonesEDGAR WALLACE17. The Man Who Hated EarthwormsEDGAR WALLACE18. The Man Who Loved MusicEDGAR WALLACE19. The Man Who Was AcquittedEDGAR WALLACE20. The Man Who Was PluckedEDGAR WALLACE21. The Man Who Died TwiceEDGAR WALLACE22. The Man Who Would Not SpeakHENRY C. ROWLAND23. At the Break of the MonsoonHENRY C. ROWLAND24. At the Last of the EbbHENRY C. ROWLAND25. Back TracksHENRY C. ROWLAND26. In the China SeaHENRY C. ROWLAND27. In the WhaleboatHENRY C. ROWLAND28. Jordan Knapp, TraderHENRY C. ROWLAND29. Off LuzonHENRY C. ROWLAND30. Rosenthal the JewHENRY C. ROWLAND31. The MerleHENRY C. ROWLAND32. The Shears of AtroposHENRY C. ROWLAND33. The Treasure BoxHENRY C. ROWLAND34. Two GentlemenH.G. WELLS35. The Treasure in the ForestH.G. WELLS36. Through a WindowE.NESBIT37. John Charringtons WeddingALEXANDER PUSHKIN38. The Queen of SpadesSAX ROHMER39. The Zayat KissSAX ROHMER40. Breath of AllahSAX ROHMER41. Harun PashaSAX ROHMER42. In the Valley of the SorceressSAX ROHMER43. Lord of the JackalsSAX ROHMER44. Lure of SoulsSAX ROHMER45. Omar of IspahanSAX ROHMER46. Pomegranate FlowerSAX ROHMER47. The Call of SivaSAX ROHMER48. The Death-Ring of SneferuSAX ROHMER49. The Green MistSAX ROHMER50. The Lady of the Lattice