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Hide and Seek by Wilkie Collins (2011, Trade Paperback)
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The product is a paperback edition of the book "Hide and Seek" by Wilkie Collins, published by Dover Publications. This Dover Edition features a trade paperback format and includes illustrations by Gilbert and John. The book is categorized under Juvenile Fiction and Fiction genres, with a topic that falls under General, Literary, and Mystery & Detective genres. With a publication year of 2011, this edition has 384 pages and is a reprint of the original work.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100486242110
ISBN-139780486242118
eBay Product ID (ePID)79911
Product Key Features
Book TitleHide and Seek
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicGeneral, Literary, Mystery & Detective / Traditional
IllustratorYes, Gilbert, John
FeaturesReprint
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Fiction
AuthorWilkie Collins
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight13.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN81-066300
Dewey Edition22
Dewey DecimalFIC
Edition DescriptionReprint
Table Of ContentOPENING CHAPTER.A CHILD'S SUNDAY BOOK 1. THE HIDING. I. A NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD, AND A STRANGE CHARACTER II. MR. BLYTH IN HIS STUDIOIII. MADONNA'S CHILDHOOD IV. MADONNA'S MOTHER V. MADONNA'S MISFORTUNE VI. MADONNA GOES TO LONDON VII. MADONNA IN HER NEW HOME VIII. MENTOR AND TELEMACHUS IX. THE TRIBULATIONS OF ZACR X. :MR. BLYTH'S DRAWING ACADEMY XI. THE BREWING OF THE STORM: BOOK II. THE SEEKING. I. THE MAN WITH THE BLACK SKULL-CAP II. THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN III. THE SEARCH BEGUN IV. FATE WORKS, WITH ZAeK FOR AN INSTRUMENT. V. FATE WORKS, WITH MR. BLYTH FOR AN INSTRUMENT VI. THE FINDING OF THE CLUE VII. THE BOX OF LETTERS VIII. JOANNA GRICE'S NARRATIVE IX. MORE DISCOVERIES X. THE SQUAW'S MIXTURE XI. THE GARDEN DOOR XII. THE HAIR BRACELET XIII. THE SEARCH FOR ARTHUR CARRXIV. MARY'S GRAVEXV. THE DISCOVERY OF ARTHUR CARR XIV. THE DAY OF RECKONINGXVII. MATTHEW GRICE'S REVENGECLOSING CHAPTER. A YEAR AND A HALF AFTERWARDS
SynopsisDickens, Swinburne, and Macaulay all lavished praise on Hide and Seek, the third of Wilkie Collins' novels (1854) and his first attempt at a mystery. In a letter to his sister-in-law, Dickens remarked: "I think it far and away the cleverest novel I have ever seen written by a new hand .... In short, I call it a very remarkable book." In this early effort, we find Collins -- considered English fiction's first detective novelist -- experimenting with the detective story and honing the skills of narrative and plot construction brought to such a high level in his later masterpieces, The Woman in White and The Moonstone. Besides its mystery-story elements, Hide and Seek succeeds as a warm, entertaining tale that blends domestic comedy, pathos, humor, and a smattering of social protest. It also enabled Collins to introduce a gallery of memorable characters: Mary Grice (nicknamed Madonna), the gentle deaf-mute whose mysterious origins and tragic early life form the basis of the novel; the engaging and voluble Zach Thorpe, of whom Mary is enamored; her guardian Valentine Blyth -- a failure as an artist but a success as a human being -- and Matthew Marksman, the strange and wild woodsman who finally unravels the shocking story of Mary's true origins. Hide and Seek is a distinct departure from the lurid melodrama of Collins' second novel, Basil, and a milestone in the author's progress toward maturity as a novelist. In its pages readers will find the ingenious plot construction and storytelling skill that Collins felt to be the true calling of the novelist. Admirers of Wilkie Collins -- and Victorian fiction in general -- will savor the novel's vivid descriptions of exciting events, its sustained power of imaginative suggestion, and the author's shrewd and compassionate depiction of Victorian manners and morals., In this gripping yarn by the great Victorian storyteller, a strange and wild woodsman investigates a gentle young woman's mysterious origins. "A very remarkable book." -- Charles Dickens., In this gripping yarn by the great Victorian storyteller, a strange and wild woodsman investigates a gentle young woman's mysterious origins. A warm, entertaining tale that blends domestic comedy, pathos, humor, and a touch of social protest, this novel was praised by Charles Dickens as "a very remarkable book."
LC Classification NumberPR4494.H5
