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Armadale
by Collins, Wilkie
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Collectible - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0486234290
- ISBN 13
- 9780486234298
- Seller
-
Frederick, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Dover Pubns. Collectible - Good. Signed Copy Collectible - Good. Barbara G. Mertz Rev Trust custom bookplate on front inside cover. Barbara G. Mertz's copy with her signature and personal bookplate on front endpage. This book formed part of Barbara G. Mertz's personal library at her home in Frederick, Maryland. Slightly dampstained. (British literature, Victorian literature, mystery novel, detective novel, sensation novel, classic literature)
Synopsis
When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of the repercussions to come, for the secret he reveals involves the mysterious Lydia Gwilt: flame-haired temptress, bigamist, laudanum addict and husband-poisoner. Her malicious intrigues fuel the plot of this gripping melodrama: a tale of confused identities, inherited curses, romantic rivalries, espionage, money – and murder. The character of Lydia Gwilt horrified contemporary critics, with one reviewer describing her as 'One of the most hardened female villains whose devices and desires have ever blackened fiction'. She remains among the most enigmatic and fascinating women in nineteenth-century literature and the dark heart of this most sensational of Victorian 'sensation novels'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wonder Book
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SA12G-00102
- Title
- Armadale
- Author
- Collins, Wilkie
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0486234290
- ISBN 13
- 9780486234298
- Publisher
- Dover Pubns
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- June 1977
Terms of Sale
Wonder Book
RETURNS are cheerfully accepted up to 30 days. We ship out within 1-2 business days and U.S. Standard Shipments usually arrive within 6-9 business days, Priority 3-6.
About the Seller
Wonder Book
Biblio member since 2003
Frederick, Maryland
About Wonder Book
With 3 stores less than 1 hour outside the DC/Metropolitan area (1 in Gaithersburg, 1 in Frederick and 1 in Hagerstown, MD), we have the largest selection of books in the tri-state area. Wonder Book and Video has been in business since 1980 and online since 1997. We have over 1 Million books for sale on our website and another 1 Million books for sale in our 3 locations. We have a very active online inventory and as such, we can receive multiple orders for the same item. We fill those orders on a first come first serve basis, but will refund promptly any items that are out of stock. Since 1980 it has always been about the books. ALL kinds of books from 95 cent children\'s paperbacks to five figure rare and collectibles. A merging of the old and new is where we started, and it is where we are today. Our retail stores have always been places where a reader can rush in looking for a title needed for a term paper that is due the next day, or where bibliophiles can get lost \"in the stacks\" for as long as they wish. In 2002 USAToday recognized us as \"1 of 10 Great Old Bookstores\", and we have been featured in numerous other newspaper and TV stories including Washington Post and CSpan.
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