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"Marian and her sister Laura live a quiet life under their uncle's guardianship until Laura's marriage to Sir Percival Glyde. Sir Percival is a man of many secrets. Hence, Marian and the girls' drawing master, Walter, have to turn detective in order to work out what is going on, and to protect Laura...

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Main Author: Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889
Other Authors: Sweet, Matthew
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Penguin Books, [2003]
Series:Penguin classics.
Subjects:
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England > Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Gothic fiction.
Love stories.
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Summary:"Marian and her sister Laura live a quiet life under their uncle's guardianship until Laura's marriage to Sir Percival Glyde. Sir Percival is a man of many secrets. Hence, Marian and the girls' drawing master, Walter, have to turn detective in order to work out what is going on, and to protect Laura from a fatal plot"--NoveList.
Physical Description:xxxviii, 671 pages ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxv-xxxvii).
ISBN:0141439610
9780141439617
Author Notes:William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866), and The Moonstone (1868), considered the first modern English detective novel.

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