Armadale, 9780140434118
Paperback
Deathbed confession unleashes secrets, curses, and a deadly temptress.

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  • Paperback

    752 pages

  • Release Date

    25 January 1995

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Summary

A gripping melodrama from Wilkie Collins

When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of the repercussions to come, for the secret he reveals involves the mysterious Lydia Gwilt—flame-haired temptress, bigamist, laudanum addict and husband-poisoner.

Her malicious intrigues fuel the plot of this gripping melodrama—a tale of confused identities, inherited curses, romantic rivalries, espionage, money—and murder. The character of…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140434118
ISBN-10:0140434119
Author:Wilkie Collins, John Sutherland
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:752
Edition:1st
Release Date:25 January 1995
Weight:546g
Dimensions:200mm x 136mm x 43mm
Series:Penguin Classics
About The Author

Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 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), considered the first modern English detective novel.

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