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Wilkie Collins - The Evil Genius
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| Added by: Misty24 | Karma: 76.83 | Fiction literature | 18 August 2009 |
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 Collins' most financially successful novel, The Evil Genius, opens with a jury determining the fate of a sea captain whose ship allegedly facilitated a diamond theft. The story develops into a powerful novel of Victorian private life, including deception, adultery and divorce. An "evil genius" is threatening to rip apart the fabric of the Linley home. Who is it and why? |
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| Tags: Genius, Collins, novel, adultery, deception |
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The Awakening by Kate Chopin
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| Added by: ella_sabe | Karma: 85.27 | Fiction literature | 16 July 2007 |
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 The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin's novel,
The Awakening is the famous tale of Edna Pontellier, who leaves her family, commits adultery, and begins to rediscover her true self--as an artist. |
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| Tags: Awakening, Chopin, begins, adultery, selfas |
