| Description |
1 online resource (250 pages) |
| Series |
Princeton Legacy Library |
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Princeton legacy library.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Contents |
| Summary |
Written 150 years ago, never published, and presumed lost for nearly a century, Wilkie Collins's earliest novel now appears in print for the first time. Ioláni is a sensational romance--a tale of terror and suspense, bravery and betrayal, set against the lush backdrop of Tahiti. The book's complicated history is worthy of a writer famous for intricate plots hinging on long-kept secrets. Collins wrote the book as a young man in the early 1840s, twenty years before The Moonstone and The Woman in White made his name among Victorian novelists. He failed to find a publisher for the |
| Notes |
Cover; Contents |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Women -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti (Island) -- Fiction
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FICTION -- Action & Adventure.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Women
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| SUBJECT |
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Religious life and customs -- Fiction
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| Subject |
French Polynesia -- Tahiti (Island)
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nadel, Ira B
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| ISBN |
9781400864942 |
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1400864941 |
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