Armadale

by Wilkie Collins

Overview

TheAthenaeum reviewer of Armadale(1866)was only one of many contemporary critics horrified by Lydia Gwilt, the bigamist, husband-prisoner and laudanum addict whose intrgues spur the plot of this most sensational of Victorian "sensational novels". When Miss Gwilt flings herself from the first-class deck of a Thames steamer, her attempted suicide sets off events that lead to Allan Armadale inheriting Thorpe-Ambrose in Norfolk, romantic rivalries, espionage, counter-espionage and greedy plans for murder.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781622360086
Publisher:	Greatest Books Publisher
Publication date:	03/31/2012
Pages:	579
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 11.10(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

Wilkie Collins (1824–1889), born William Wilkie Collins, spent a portion of his childhood traveling across Europe. He was educated in England, Italy and France before entering an apprenticeship at a local tea merchant. He also studied law and began a writing career, publishing his first story “The Last Stage Coachman” in 1843. Collins would go on to produce more than 30 novels, becoming one of the premier architects of the modern English detective story.

Date of Birth:

December 8, 1824

Date of Death:

September 23, 1889

Place of Birth:

London, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Studied law at Lincoln¿s Inn, London