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Haunted Hotel & Other strange tales - Collins Wilkie
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Haunted Hotel & Other strange tales
SERIA: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
Type : Books
SKU: VV1383142
ISBN: 9781840225334
Pages: 318 Cover: Paperback Year: 2006 Publisher: Wordsworth (Wordsworth)
Your Price: $42.21
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Краткая аннотация: This is a unique collection of strange stories from the cunning pen of Wilkie Collins, author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone. The star attraction is the novella The Haunted Hotel, a clever combination of detective and ghost story set in Venice, a city of grim waterways, dark shadows and death. The action takes place in an ancient palazzo coverted into a modern hotel that houses a grisly secret. The supernatural horror, relentless pace, tight narrative, and a doomed countess characterise and distinguish this powerful tale.The other stories present equally disturbing scenarios, which include ghosts, corpses that move, family curses and perhaps the most unusual of all, the Devil's spectacles, which bring a clarity of vision that can lead to madness. |
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