Title: The Yellow Mask
Title Record # 1116927
Author: Wilkie Collins
Date: 1855-07-07
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
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Author: Wilkie Collins
Date: 1855-07-07
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
Note: Non-supernatural, containing a faked ghost. First published in Household Words, 7-28 July 1855.
Synopsis: "Count Fabio d'Ascoli is a pupil of the master-sculptor, Luca Lomi. Lomi's brother, Father Rocco of Pisa, believes that part of the young Count's inheritance is money stolen from the Church. In order to recover it, Rocco plans to have Fabio marry Lomi's daughter, Maddalena, over whom he can exert influence. He persuades Fabio's true love, the naive model Nanina, to leave Pisa. The marriage takes place but Maddalena dies the following year after the birth of a daughter. Rocco decides to play on Fabio's superstitions to prevent him from remarrying. He employs the mercenary Brigida to impersonate Maddalena at a masked ball by wearing a yellow mask over a cast of Maddalena's face. Fabio is so shocked at the ghost of his dead wife that his mind is temporarily unhinged. Nanina is able to prove that he has been tricked by natural means and they are happily married." -- Wilkie Collins Information Pages
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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After Dark | 1856-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Tauchnitz | 377 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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After Dark | 1856-02-00 | Wilkie Collins | Smith, Elder & Co. | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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After Dark | 1862-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Smith, Elder & Co. |
v+ 392 |
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After Dark | 1894-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Chatto & Windus | 392 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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After Dark | 2008-10-08 | Wilkie Collins | Project Gutenberg | 1626 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 2 | 2009-07-00 | Wilkie Collins | Leonaur Ltd | 978-1-84677-823-0 | £14.99?£: UK pound |
584 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
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The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 2 | 2009-07-00 | Wilkie Collins | Leonaur Ltd | 978-1-84677-824-7 | £22.99?£: UK pound |
584 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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After Dark | 2011-09-23 | Wilkie Collins | Dunda Books (Dunda Books Classic) | 978-1-4663-6696-1 | $17.95?$: US dollar |
302 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
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