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The Dream Woman

AUTHOR Collins, Wilkie
PUBLISHER Kessinger Publishing (06/17/2004)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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""The Dream Woman"" by Wilkie Collins is a gothic novel that tells the story of Francis Raven, a man haunted by a recurring nightmare of a woman who tries to murder him. One day, he meets a mysterious woman named Lydia Gwilt, who bears a striking resemblance to the woman in his dreams. Despite warnings from his friends and family, Francis becomes infatuated with Lydia and marries her. However, as their relationship progresses, Francis begins to suspect that Lydia may be the woman from his nightmares and that she has a dark past that she is hiding from him. The novel is filled with suspense, mystery, and psychological drama as Francis tries to uncover the truth about Lydia and his own past. With its intricate plot and complex characters, ""The Dream Woman"" is a gripping tale of love, obsession, and betrayal that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.He stops and grows restless on a sudden. We see him writhing on the straw. He throws up both his hands and gasps hysterically for breath. His eyes open suddenly. For a moment they look at nothing, with a vacant glitter in them--then they close again in deeper sleep. Is he dreaming still? Yes; but the dream seems to have taken a new course.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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ISBN-13: 9781419160233
ISBN-10: 1419160230
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 60
Carton Quantity: 74
Product Dimensions: 7.50 x 0.14 x 9.18 inches
Weight: 0.25 pound(s)
Country of Origin: US
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Fiction | Literary
Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General
Fiction | Classics
Dewey Decimal: FIC
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""The Dream Woman"" by Wilkie Collins is a gothic novel that tells the story of Francis Raven, a man haunted by a recurring nightmare of a woman who tries to murder him. One day, he meets a mysterious woman named Lydia Gwilt, who bears a striking resemblance to the woman in his dreams. Despite warnings from his friends and family, Francis becomes infatuated with Lydia and marries her. However, as their relationship progresses, Francis begins to suspect that Lydia may be the woman from his nightmares and that she has a dark past that she is hiding from him. The novel is filled with suspense, mystery, and psychological drama as Francis tries to uncover the truth about Lydia and his own past. With its intricate plot and complex characters, ""The Dream Woman"" is a gripping tale of love, obsession, and betrayal that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.He stops and grows restless on a sudden. We see him writhing on the straw. He throws up both his hands and gasps hysterically for breath. His eyes open suddenly. For a moment they look at nothing, with a vacant glitter in them--then they close again in deeper sleep. Is he dreaming still? Yes; but the dream seems to have taken a new course.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Author: Collins, Wilkie
English novelist and playwright Wilkie Collins was a prolific writer with a body of work comprising thirty novels, over sixty short stories, more than a dozen plays, and a wide range of non-fiction pieces. Collins is best known for his novels The Woman in White, an early sensation novela genre combining shocking gothic horror with everyday domestic settingsand The Moonstone, which is credited as one of the first modern mystery novels. In the 1850s Collins met Charles Dickens and the two struck up a friendship, which lead to Collins becoming a frequent contributor to Dickens s journals Household Words and All the Year Round. Many of his stories have been adapted for film, including Basil, A Terribly Strange Bed, The Moonstone and The Woman in White. Collins died in 1889 at the age of 65.
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