Wilkie Collins

Imja anglijskogo pisatelja Uilki Kollinza (1824-1889) po pravu nerazryvno svjazano s ego znamenitym romanom "Lunnyj kamen", gde on fakticheski vystupil odnim iz osnovopolozhnikov zhanra detektiva, izobretja sjuzhetnye khody, kotorye v dalnejshem stanut traditsionnymi dlja detektivnykh romanov. V teni etogo gromkogo svershenija ostalas drugaja ipostas Kollinza - druga Charlza Dikkensa i zamechatelnogo romanista-bytopisatelja. "Muzh i zhena", devjatyj po schetu roman Kollinza, byl opublikovan v 1870 godu. Ne tolko velikolepnyj pisatel, no i jurist po obrazovaniju, opisyvaja khitrospletenija vzaimootnoshenij Anny Silvestr, Blansh Landi, Dzheffri Delamejna i Arnolda Brinkuorta, Uilki Kollinz sozdaet bezzhalostnoe opisanie svoej epokhi, gde, vstupaja v brachnyj sojuz, supruga okazyvaetsja zalozhnitsej navjazannykh zakonom norm.

"The Dead Alive" by means of Wilkie Collins is a gripping story of thriller and suspense that unfolds against the backdrop of Victorian England. Collins, known for his mastery of the sensational novel, weaves a story that explores the darker facets of human nature and the complexities of justice. The story starts offevolved with an apparently habitual case undertaken via Mr. Meeke, a solicitor. However, as the occasions spread, what to begin with appears trustworthy transforms into a tangled net of intrigue and deception. The valuable subject matter revolves around the question of whether or not a person believed to be dead is actually alive, and the criminal and moral implications that follow. Collins employs his signature fashion, characterized via complicated plotting and well-drawn characters, to create a narrative that keeps readers on the brink of their seats. The exploration of criminal intricacies, blended with the psychological intensity of the characters, adds layers to the tale. As the plot unfolds, readers are taken on an adventure that demanding situations their perceptions of proper and incorrect. The atmospheric depiction of Victorian society complements the narrative, immersing readers in the mores and conventions of the time.

My Miscellanies, Volume. 2, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

My Lady's Money, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

My Miscellanies, Volume. 1, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Manit prizrak Venetsii? Poznakomtes s ejo tajnami v "Tainstvennom otele" Uilki Kollinza! Gorod dvortsov, kanalov, smerti i zagadok zhdjot vas. Uilki Kollinz - sozdatel pervogo detektivnogo romana na anglijskom jazyke, plodovityj pisatel, master mistiki i zagadok. Ego jazyk vpolne sovremenen i ponjaten, poetomu eta kniga stanet khoroshim vyborom dlja tekh, kto khochet poprobovat nachat chitat v originale. V "Tainstvennom otele" vy stolknetes s tainstvennoj smertju i ischeznoveniem, proizoshedshem v odnom iz starykh palatstso Venetsii. Staryj dvorets peredelali v modnyj otel, no zagadka vsjo eschjo pritjagivaet tekh, kto svjazan s nej, svodja ikh s uma. Derznite posetit etot otel sami, esli osmelites. Kniga izdana v neadaptirovannoj versii. Naslazhdajtes misticheskim detektivom Uilki Kollinza v originale!

Uiljam Uilki Kollinz - klassik anglijskoj literatury XIX veka, voshedshij v istoriju kak rodonachalnik sovremennoj detektivnoj literatury. Zalogom uspekha proizvedenij Kollinza, iz-pod pera kotorogo vyshlo dvadtsat tri romana i chetyre sbornika rasskazov i povestej, stalo sochetanie razlichnykh zhanrov: pisatel umelo obedinjal v svoikh knigakh melodramu, detektiv i nravoopisatelnyj roman, schedro pripravljaja ikh elementami goticheskogo romana. Imenno v takom stile napisan samyj izvestnyj roman Kollinza "Zhenschina v belom". V ego osnove lezhit uvlekatelnyj sjuzhet o mrachnom prestuplenii, tajna kotorogo sokryta za obrazom zagadochnoj zhenschiny, odetoj v beloe plate.

"Zhenschina v belom" nachinaetsja s zhutkoj vstrechi Uoltera Khartrajta s zagadochnoj zhenschinoj, odetoj v beloj, na zalitoj lunnym svetom londonskoj doroge. Uolter poluchaet mesto uchitelja risovanija v imenii Ferli, kazalos by, chto mozhet proizojti, no Uoltera vovlekajut v zloveschie intrigi sera Persivalja Glajda i ego "ocharovatelnogo" druga grafa Fosko, ljubitelja belykh myshej, vanilnykh konfet i jada. Bezumie brodit po koridoram anglijskikh zagorodnykh i sumasshedshikh domov... Eto proizvedenie javljaetsja pervym predstavitelem viktorianskogo romana s elementami gotiki, romantizma i psikhologicheskogo realizma. Drugoj velikij roman Kollinza - "Lunnyj kamen", kotoryj chasto nazyvajut luchshim detektivom iz kogda-libo napisannykh, no imenno istorija "Zhenschiny v belom" nastolko zakhvatila voobrazhenie Uilki Kollinza, chto na svojom nadgrobii on poprosil napisat: "Avtor "Zhenschiny v belom" i drugikh sochinenij". Perevodchik: Leschenko-Sukhomlina Tatjana

Roman "Otel s prividenijami" - eto masterskoe sochetanie detektiva i istorii o prividenijakh. Dejstvie razvorachivaetsja v Venetsii - gorode temnykh kanalov, pustynnykh mostov i tainstvennykh smertej. Starinnoe palatstso prevratili v feshenebelnyj otel, no on prodolzhaet khranit svoi mrachnye sekrety, svodja s uma postojaltsev, zastavljaja ikh zadavatsja voprosom, kto oni - orudija roka ili prosto sumasshedshie? V povestjakh i rasskazakh Uilki Kollinza, takzhe voshedshikh v etot sbornik, vas zhdut semejnye prokljatija, prizraki, ozhivsh

Roman "Moj otvet - net" vpervye vykhodit na russkom jazyke. Chitatelja zhdet uvlekatelnoe puteshestvie v mir staroj dobroj Anglii - v etoj istorii est mesto i ljubvi, i prikljuchenijam, i detektivnoj intrige. Uilki Kollinz - anglijskij pisatel, sniskavshij shirokuju populjarnost, blagodarja svoim znamenitym knigam "Lunnyj kamen" i "Zhenschina v belom".

Uiljam Uilki Kollinz - klassik anglijskoj literatury XIX veka, voshedshij v istoriju kak rodonachalnik sovremennoj detektivnoj literatury. Zalogom uspekha proizvedenij Kollinza, iz-pod pera kotorogo vyshlo dvadtsat tri romana i chetyre sbornika rasskazov i povestej, stalo sochetanie razlichnykh zhanrov: pisatel - master intrigi i uvlekatelnogo sjuzheta - umelo obedinjal v svoikh knigakh melodramu, detektiv i nravoopisatelnyj roman, schedro pripravljaja ikh elementami goticheskogo romana. V nastojaschem izdanii vnimaniju chitatelej predlagaetsja znamenityj roman Uilki Kollinza "Lunnyj kamen", a takzhe polnaja tajn povest "Zheltaja maska".

Is there no explanation of the mystery of The Haunted Hotel? Is The Haunted Hotel the tale of a haunting - or the tale of a crime? The ghost of Lord Montbarry haunts the Palace Hotel in Venice - or does it? Montbarry's beautiful-yet-terrifying wife, the Countess Narona, and her erstwhile brother are the center of the terror that fills the Palace Hotel. Are their malefactions at the root of the haunting - or is there something darker, something much more unknowable at work?

Luis Romejn ne mog i predstavit, chto poezdka k druzjam v London v popytke otvlechsja ot tjazhelykh myslej zatjanet ego v pautinu intrig, zagovorov, lzhi... i ljubvi. Prekrasnaja Stella vljubljaetsja v Romejna, i, kazhetsja, u nego tozhe voznikajut k nej chuvstva. No v to zhe vremja iezuity khotjat zapoluchit naslednoe pomeste molodogo aristokrata, obrativ khozjaina v lono Tserkvi. Vse oslozhnjaetsja tem, chto kazhdyj - i Luis, i Stella - skryvaet svoi strashnye tajny.