Armadale (Penguin Classics)  -  Wilkie Collins

KORTE INHOUD

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 Lydia Gwilt horrified contemporary critics, with one reviewer describ...
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1995 Uitgever: Penguin Classics 752 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0140434119 ISBN-13: 9780140434118