Wilkie Collins
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- Basil, potomek arystokratycznego rodu i aspirujący pisarz, zakochuje się w dziewczynie - smagłej, ciemnookiej piękności - przypadkowo spotkanej w omnibusie. Nie mogąc liczyć na aprobatę ojca dla małżeństwa z córką kupca, poślubia dziewczynę w tajemnicy. Jednocześnie akceptuje pewien dziwaczny warunek postawiony przez teścia. Basil ryzykuje wszystko dla miłości, nie podejrzewając zdrady. Gdy nadchodzi...
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- Often considered one of the first mystery novels, The Woman In White follows protagonist Walter Hartright, an art teacher, as he has a mysterious late night encounter on a London street with a lost woman, dressed all in white, who he later finds out had escaped from an asylum. The figure of this woman and the words they exchanged during their meeting come to haunt Walter, even as he accepts a job at...
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- This story is about two students who go on a journey to find a way to completely relax. Along the way, they encounter some problems and humorous incidents. The reader can distinguish the voice of Dickens and Collins in the narration. Especially memorable is the sensational story of Collins and Dickens’s wonderful story about the wedding chamber. This is just one of many texts that are not widely used,...
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- Two foundlings from the London Educational Home received the same name, which over the years led to disastrous consequences. Two lawyers are looking for the missing heir, in order to correct the injustice. Rumors lead them from the moldy wineries of the City of London to the Mediterranean sun through the winter Swiss Alps. Lies and deceit would prevail if not the courage of a young woman
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- „A House to Let” is a novella originally published in 1858 by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter. Each of the contributors wrote a chapter (stories within a story, and in the case of Adelaide Anne Procter, as a story in verse) and the whole was edited by Dickens, making it fit together seamlessly as a whole. This novella is a composite tale of mystery and intrigue...
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