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ISBN-10: 0140434119
ISBN-13: 9780140434118
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publish Date: 10/01/1995
Dimensions: 7.79" L, 5.07" W, 1.28" H

Armadale (Revised)

Editor: John Sutherland
Introduction by: John Sutherland
Notes by: John Sutherland

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Overview

The “Athenaeum” reviewer of “Armadale” (1866)was only one of many contemporary critics horrified by Lydia Gwilt, the bigamist, husband-prisoner and laudanum addict whose intrgues spur the plot of this most sensational of Victorian “sensational novels.” When Miss Gwilt flings herself from the first-class deck of a Thames steamer, her attempted suicide sets off events that lead to Allan Armadale inheriting Thorpe-Ambrose in Norfolk, romantic rivalries, espionage, counter-espionage and greedy plans for murder.

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Details

ISBN-10: 0140434119
ISBN-13: 9780140434118
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publish Date: 10/01/1995
Dimensions: 7.79" L, 5.07" W, 1.28" H
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