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Wilkie Collins
Dorothy Goldman
ISBN: 9780199536702
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
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In Basil's secret and unconsummated marriage to Margaret Sherwin, and the consequent horrors of betrayal, insanity, and death, Collins reveals the bustling, commercial London of the first half of the nineteenth century. Collins' treatment of adultery shocked contemporary reviewers, and even today the passionate and lurid atmosphere he created has the power to disturb the modern reader.
In Basil's secret and unconsummated marriage to the linen-draper's sexually precocious daughter, and the shocking betrayal, insanity, and death that follow, Collins reveals the bustling, commercial London of the nineteenth century wreaking its vengeance on a still powerful aristocratic world. Contemporary reviewers vehemently disapproved of this explicit treatment of adultery; and even today the passionate and lurid atmosphere he creates still has the power to disturb the reader.
| ISBN | 0199536708 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780199536702
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 226 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Published in | Oxford | | Imprint | Oxford University Press | | Series title | Oxford World's Classics | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780192835482 | | Publication date | 10 Jul 2008 | | Height (mm) | 196 | | DEWEY | 823.8 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Spine width (mm) | 16 | | Pages | 320 | | Academic level | General |
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