Rambles Beyond Railways Or Notes In Cornwall Taken A Foot Blind Love My Miscellanies

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher : Throne Classics
Page : 906 pages
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Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9389508126

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Rambles Beyond Railways; Or, Notes in Cornwall Taken A-foot, Blind Love & My Miscellanies by Wilkie Collins Pdf

Blind Love was an unfinished novel by Wilkie Collins, which he left behind on his death in 1889. It was completed by historian and novelist Sir Walter Besant. Collins's novel had already begun serialization in The Illustrated London News, even though the author had not yet completed it. (It ran from 6 July to 28 December of that year.) When it was published in book form on 1890, the volume included Besant's preface explaining the circumstances of the collaboration. Collins had started writing the novel in 1887, when newspapers were full of stories about Fenian violence in the wake of the previous year's defeat of the First Irish Home Rule Bill. Collins frequented Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese off London's Fleet Street and borrowed some traits for his male protagonist from John O'Connor Power who was also well known in the convivial tavern. Collins links the Irish Question to the Woman Question. The novel recounts the story of Lord Harry Norland, a member of a squad of political assassins; the book's heroine is Iris Henley, a bold and nonconformist Englishwoman who falls in love with the Irish Norland despite his criminal activities (the "blind love" of the title). The title was originally to have been Lord Harry, the colloquial name for the devil.

Author : Wilkie collins
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 266 pages
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Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781427060358

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Rambles Beyond Railways (EasyRead Large Bold Edition) by Wilkie collins Pdf

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 168 pages
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Release : 2014-03-21
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781609774851

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Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot by Wilkie Collins Pdf

William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and writer of short stories. He was hugely popular in his time, and wrote 27 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays, and over 100 pieces of non-fiction work. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1860), The Moonstone (1868), Armadale (1866) and No Name (1862). His works were classified at the time as 'sensation novels', a genre seen nowadays as the precursor to detective fiction and suspense fiction. He also wrote penetratingly on the plight of women and on the social and domestic issues of his time. His novel, No Name combined social commentary - the absurdity of the law as it applied to children of unmarried parents - with a densely-plotted revenge thriller. Amongst his other works are: Basil (1852), Hide and Seek (1854), After the Dark (1856), The Frozen Deep (1857), The Queen of Hearts (1859), Man and Wife (1870), The New Magdalen (1873), The Law and the Lady (1875), The Two Destinies (1876) and A Rogue's Life (1879).

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 199 pages
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Release : 2022-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9788726933130

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Rambles Beyond Railways by Wilkie Collins Pdf

You’ve gotta love those travel documentaries with celebrities awkwardly trying to make their interactions with locals seem impromptu and organic. Perhaps it’s best to let the writers express the escapism of travel. And why not leave travel writing to Wilkie Collins, the star of Victorian-era mystery and thriller novels? In "Rambles Beyond Railways", Collins exchanges his London ale for a Cornish pasty when he writes of his travels around Cornwall. While the Victorians were crazy about building railways, rail access didn’t extend to the whole of Cornwall. Instead, Collins goes by foot across Cornwall with his friend, Henry Brandling, who provided illustrations for the original publication. True to his love of the sensational, Collins explores the enchanting Cornish locations whence stories of ghostly shipwrecks and semi-mythical kings originated. Get lost in Collins’s Cornwall instead of Jeremy Clarkson’s ill-fitting jeans. London-born Wilke Collins (1824-1889) became known in Victorian England for his novels and plays, sometimes writing together with Charles Dickens. His most famous works, "The Woman in White" (1859) and "The Moonstone" (1868), are examples of the first modern detective novels.

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher : Prince Classics
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9353858062

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Rambles Beyond Railways; Or, Notes in Cornwall Taken A-foot & Blind Love by Wilkie Collins Pdf

Blind Love was an unfinished novel by Wilkie Collins, which he left behind on his death in 1889. It was completed by historian and novelist Sir Walter Besant. Collins's novel had already begun serialization in The Illustrated London News, even though the author had not yet completed it. (It ran from 6 July to 28 December of that year.) When it was published in book form on 1890, the volume included Besant's preface explaining the circumstances of the collaboration. Collins had started writing the novel in 1887, when newspapers were full of stories about Fenian violence in the wake of the previous year's defeat of the First Irish Home Rule Bill. Collins frequented Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese off London's Fleet Street and borrowed some traits for his male protagonist from John O'Connor Power who was also well known in the convivial tavern. Collins links the Irish Question to the Woman Question. The novel recounts the story of Lord Harry Norland, a member of a squad of political assassins; the book's heroine is Iris Henley, a bold and nonconformist Englishwoman who falls in love with the Irish Norland despite his criminal activities (the "blind love" of the title). The title was originally to have been Lord Harry, the colloquial name for the devil.

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Cornwall (England : County)
ISBN : OXFORD:590249119

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Rambles Beyond Railways by Wilkie Collins Pdf

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0243725159

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Rambles Beyond Railways by Wilkie Collins Pdf

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1534738959

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Rambles Beyond Railways (Annotated) by Wilkie Collins Pdf

A travel book narrating Collins's 1850 walking tour of Cornwall with his artist friend, Henry Brandling. Published in 1851 and dedicated to the Duke of Northumberland. In those days 'even the railway stops short at Plymouth' and the travellers have to sail to their first destination at St Germains.

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1977857302

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Rambles Beyond Railways by Wilkie Collins Pdf

A travel book narrating writer Wilkie Collins's 1850 walking tour of Cornwall with his artist friend, Henry Brandling. Published in 1851 and dedicated to the Duke of Northumberland. In those days 'even the railway stops short at Plymouth' and the travellers have to sail to their first destination at St Germains.

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1528578104

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Rambles Beyond Railways by Wilkie Collins Pdf

Excerpt from Rambles Beyond Railways: Or Notes in Cornwall Taken a-Foot Christianity; and the pleasant primitive population of the county of cornwall. You will inquire, can we believe him in all that he says? This brings me at once to his second qualification he invariably speaks the truth. If he describes scenery to you, it is scenery that he saw and noted on the spot. If he gives little sketches of cha racter, they are sketches drawn from the life. Does this satisfy your doubts? If it does not, he carries about with him some views, furnished to complete his travelling outfit, by one of his well wishers. Look at these; and judge his trustwor thiness accordingly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : W Wilkie Collins,Henry C Brandling
Publisher : Legare Street Press
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Release : 2022-10-27
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ISBN : 1016109377

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Rambles Beyond Railways Or Notes in Cornwall Taken A-Foot by W Wilkie Collins,Henry C Brandling Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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ISBN : 9781427060419

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Rambles Beyond Railways (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1976336767

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Rambles Beyond Railways by Wilkie Collins Pdf

Many popular nineteenth-century writers published travelogues and essay collections recounting their journeys at home and abroad, but few pulled off this feat with the polish and panache that beloved novelist Wilkie Collins brings to the task. Rambles Beyond Railways recounts a walking tour of Cornwall that Collins and a friend took together, and the vivid writing and charming observations are served up in the author's inimitably warm and engaging style.

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 324 pages
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Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 150861766X

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Rambles Beyond Railways, the Original Publication (Large Print) by Wilkie Collins Pdf

When any friend of yours or mine, in whose fortunes we take an interest, is about to start on his travels, we smooth his way for him as well as we can, by giving him a letter of introduction to such connexions of ours as he may find on his line of route. We bespeak their favourable consideration for him by setting forth his good qualities in the best light possible; and then leave him to make his own way by his own merit—satisfied that we have done enough in procuring him a welcome under our friend's roof, and giving him at the outset a claim to our friend's estimation.Will you allow me, reader (if our previous acquaintance authorizes me to take such a liberty), to follow the custom to which I have just adverted; and to introduce to your notice this Book, as a friend of mine setting forth on his travels, in whose well-being I feel a very lively interest. He is neither so bulky nor so distinguished a person as some of the predecessors of his race, who may have sought your attention in years gone by, under the name of "Quarto," and in magnificent clothing of Morocco and Gold. All that I can say for his outside is, that I have made it as neat as I can—having had him properly thumped into wearing his present coat of decent cloth, by the most competent book-tailor I could find. As for his intrinsic claims to your kindness, he has only two that I shall venture to advocate. In the first place he is able to tell you something about a part of your own country which is still too rarely visited and too little known. He will speak to you of one of the remotest and most interesting corners of our old English soil. He will tell you of the grand and varied scenery; the mighty Druid relics; the quaint legends; the deep, dark mines; the venerable remains of early Christianity; and the pleasant primitive population of the county of Cornwall. You will inquire, can we believe him in all that he says? This brings me at once to his second qualification—he invariably speaks the truth. If he describes scenery to you, it is scenery that he saw and noted on the spot; and if he adds some little sketches of character, I answer for him, on my own responsibility, that they are sketches drawn from the life.

Author : William Wilkie Collins
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020983272

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Rambles Beyond Railways by William Wilkie Collins Pdf

In this travelogue, the celebrated British novelist William Wilkie Collins takes the reader on a journey through the countryside of England and Scotland. He describes the landscapes, architecture, and local customs with wit and charm, and his observations are accompanied by beautiful illustrations. A fascinating glimpse into Victorian-era English travel writing. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.