Ioláni; or, Tahíti as It Was : A Romance

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Written 150 years ago, never published, and presumed lost for nearly a century, Wilkie Collins's earliest novel now appears in print for the first time. Ioláni is a sensational romance--a tale of terror and suspense, bravery and betrayal, set against the lush backdrop of Tahiti. The book'...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collins, Wilkie
Other Authors: Nadel, Ira B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
FICTION > Action & Adventure.
Femmes > Polynesie française > Tahiti > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Women > French Polynesia > Tahiti (Island) > Fiction.
French Polynesia > Tahiti (Island)
Tahiti (Polynesie française) > Vie religieuse > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) > Religious life and customs > Fiction.
Fiction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Written 150 years ago, never published, and presumed lost for nearly a century, Wilkie Collins's earliest novel now appears in print for the first time. Ioláni is a sensational romance--a tale of terror and suspense, bravery and betrayal, set against the lush backdrop of Tahiti. The book's complicated history is worthy of a writer famous for intricate plots hinging on long-kept secrets. Collins wrote the book as a young man in the early 1840s, twenty years before The Moonstone and The Woman in White made his name among Victorian novelists. He failed to find a publisher for the.
Item Description:Cover; Contents.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9781400864942

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