Résultats pour "Wilkie Collins" dans Suspense romantique

Ultimul roman al lui Wilkie Collins, a fost publicat la scurt timp după moartea sa. Tema abordată de autor este una deosebit de interesantă: psihologia dragostei din interes. Asa cum se întâmplă destul de frecvent în viaţă, femeile bune se îndragostesc iremediabil...

Wilkie Collins may have had issues with women, and it becomes apparent in this short story by Collins when Isaac Scatchard, not the brightest bulb on the tree, an itinerant ostler, wakes on the night of his birthday to see the apparition of a woman trying to stab him with a clasp knife. Seven years later he marries Rebecca Murdoch, against the wishes of his mother who recognizes her from Isaac's description as the dream woman. Rebecca takes to drink and fulfills the prophecy by attacking him on his birthday.