The law and the lady / Wilkie Collins ; edited with an introduction and notes by Jenny Bourne Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889, author.

Contributor:

Taylor, Jenny Bourne, 1949- editor.

Series:

Oxford world's classics.

Oxford world's classics

Language:

English

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (466 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Probably the first full-length novel with a woman detective as its heroine, 'The Law and the Lady' (1875) is a fascinating example of Collins' later fiction. Valeria Valerie Woodville's first act as a married woman is to sign her name incorrectly in the marriage register; this slip is followed by a gradual disclosure of secrets about her husband's earlier life, each of which leads to another set of questions and enigmas. Developing many of the techniques at work in 'The Moonstone' in bizarre and unexpected ways, and employing both Gothic and fantastic elements, this work adds a significant dimension to the history of the detective novel.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Wilkie Collins; THE LAW AND THE LADY; Appendix: Wilkie Collins, the Graphic and the 'British Domestic Inquisition'; Explanatory Notes

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-192123-8

0-19-159345-1

OCLC:

714569753