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Miss or Mrs?, The Haunted Hotel, The Guilty River (Oxford World's Classics)
Collins, Wilkie  Page, Norman 
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN10: 0199538182 ISBN13: 9780199538188 DDC: 823.8 Edition: Paperback; 2009-04-15

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The three novellas gathered here--Miss or Mrs? (1871), The Haunted Hotel (1878), and The Guilty River (1886)--demonstrate Collins's ability to construct a gripping situation and create an atmosphere of mystery and menace. Fast-paced and psychologically absorbing, all proceed through a series of dramatic scenes to a climax that in one case at least is literally explosive. These stories, varied in setting and tone, demonstrate Collins's plot-making skill at its most succinct and intricate. Featuring excellent critical apparatus, this edition also includes Collins's original prefaces.

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