Picture 1 of 9
Armadale by Wilkie Collins (Paperback, 1995) Book
Condition:
Postage:
Located in: Peakhurst, New South Wales, Australia
Delivery:
Estimated between Mon, 3 Jun and Wed, 12 Jun to 43230
Returns:
Coverage:
Read item description or contact seller for details. See all detailsSee all details on coverage
(Not eligible for eBay purchase protection programmes)
Shop with confidence
Seller information
- 99.8% positive feedback
Registered as a Business Seller
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:186193319207
Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9780140434118
- ISBN-13
- 9780140434118
- UPC
- Does not apply
- Publication Year
- 1995
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Armadale
- Item Height
- 200mm
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Topic
- Books
- Item Width
- 131mm
- Item Weight
- 518g
- Number of Pages
- 752 Pages
About this product
Product Information
An innovative novel featuring an astonishingly wicked female villain, Wilkie Collins's Armadale was regarded by T.S. Eliot as 'the best of his romances'. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by John Sutherland. 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'. John Sutherland's introduction illustrated how Wilkie Collins drew on scandalous newspaper headlines and on new technology particularly the penny post and the telegraph - to lend extra pace and veracity to his tale. This edition also contains notes, further reading and an appendix on stage dramatisations of Armadale. Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was born in London in 1824, the eldest son of the landscape painter William Collins. In 1846 he was entered to read for the bar at Lincoln's Inn, where he gained the knowledge that was to give him much of the material for his writing. From the early 1850s he was a friend of Charles Dickens, who produced and acted in two melodramas written by Collins, The Lighthouse and The Frozen Deep. Of his novels, Collins is best remembered for The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868). If you enjoyed Armadale, you might like Collins's No Name, also available in Penguin Classics.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN-13
9780140434118
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96048099
Product Key Features
Book Title
Armadale
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
1995
Number of Pages
752 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
200mm
Item Width
131mm
Item Weight
518g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Item description from the seller
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:186193319207
Postage and handling
Item location:
Peakhurst, New South Wales, Australia
Post to:
Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, United States
Excludes:
Afghanistan, Anguilla, Belarus, Bolivia, Botswana, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Libya, Madagascar, Moldova, Mongolia, North Korea, Reunion, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Venezuela, Yemen
| Postage and handling | To | Service | Delivery*See Delivery notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| AU $49.69 (approx PHP 1,917.01) | United States | Australia Post International Standard | Estimated between Mon, 3 Jun and Wed, 12 Jun to 43230 |
| Handling time |
|---|
| Will usually post within 2 business days of receiving cleared payment. |
| Taxes |
|---|
| Taxes may be applicable at checkout. Learn moreLearn more about paying tax on eBay purchases. |
Sales Tax for an item #186193319207
Sales Tax for an item #186193319207
Seller collects sales tax for items shipped to the following states:
| State | Sales Tax Rate |
|---|
Return policy
| After receiving the item, contact seller within |
|---|
| 30 days |
The buyer is responsible for return postage costs.
Popular categories from this store
Seller feedback (1,275)
i***n (19)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
Really fast & well packaged. Very happy! Thank you
o***y (94)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
Amazing seller so fast with postage and the item is exactly as described. Would recommend! A+++++
m***9 (1292)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
Happy :D