The New Magdalen

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The Floating Press, 2012 M06 1 - 357 páginas
Regarded as one of the finest storytellers of the Victorian era, Wilkie Collins was able to inject realism and insightful commentary into his tales without detracting at all from their page-turning readability. In the tightly plotted novel The New Magdalen, Collins takes on several weighty social issues that give readers a fascinating glimpse into life in nineteenth-century Britain.
 

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FIRST SCENETHE COTTAGE ON THE FRONTIER
6
Chapter I The Two Women
7
Chapter II MagdalenIn Modern Times
18
Chapter III The German Shell
26
Chapter IV The Temptation
35
Chapter V The German Surgeon
43
SECOND SCENEMABLETHORPE HOUSE
56
Chapter VI Lady Janets Companion
57
Chapter XVI They Meet Again
177
Chapter XVII The Guardian Angel
185
Chapter XVIII The Search in the Grounds
198
Chapter XIX The Evil Genius
213
Chapter XX The Policeman in Plain Clothes
223
Chapter XXI The Footstep in the Corridor
243
Chapter XXII The Man in the DiningRoom
258
Chapter XXIII Lady Janet at Bay
274

Chapter VII The Man is Coming
69
Chapter VIII The Man Appears
87
Chapter IX News from Mannheim
98
Chapter X A Council of Three
112
Chapter XI The Dead Alive
118
Chapter XII Exit Julian
131
Chapter XIII Enter Julian
143
Chapter XIV Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before
153
Chapter XV A Womans Remorse
162
Chapter XXIV Lady Janets Letter
295
Chapter XXV The Confession
305
Chapter XXVI Great Heart and Little Heart
316
Chapter XXVII Magdalens Apprenticeship
325
Chapter XXVIII Sentence is Pronounced on Her
343
Chapter XXIX The Last Trial
360
Epilogue
368
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas

The New Magdalen: A Novel, Volumen1
Wilkie Collins
Vista completa - 1873
The New Magdalen: A Novel, Volumen1
Wilkie Collins
Vista completa - 1873
The New Magdalen (EasyRead Large Bold Edition)
Wilkie Collins
Vista previa limitada - 1999
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Acerca del autor (2012)

Wilkie Collins was born in London, England on January 8, 1824. He worked first in business and then law, but eventually turned to literature. During his lifetime, he wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, at least 14 plays, and more than 100 non-fiction pieces. His works include Antonia, The Woman in White, The Moonstone, The Haunted Hotel, and Heart and Science. He was a close friend of Charles Dickens and collaborated with him. He died on September 23, 1889.

Información bibliográfica

TítuloThe New Magdalen
AutorWilkie Collins
EditorThe Floating Press, 2012
ISBN1775459306, 9781775459309
Largo357 páginas
  
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