Law and the Lady
Regular price
€18.50
A01=Wilkie Collins
Author_Wilkie Collins
B01=Jenny Bourne Taylor
Category1=Fiction
Category=FFC
Category=NL-FF
COP=United Kingdom
Discount=15
eq_bestseller
eq_crime
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
Format=BC
Format_Paperback
HMM=197
IMPN=Oxford University Press
ISBN13=9780199538164
Language_English
PA=Available
PD=20101200
POP=Oxford
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
PUB=Oxford University Press
SMM=22
SN=Oxford World's Classics
Subject=Crime & Mystery
WG=333
WMM=129
Product details
- ISBN 9780199538164
- Format: Paperback
- Weight: 333g
- Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 22mm
- Publication Date: 14 Aug 2008
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication City/Country: Oxford, GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Valeria Woodville's first act as a married woman is to sign her name in the marriage register incorrectly, and this slip is followed by the gradual disclosure of a series of secrets about her husband's earlier life, each of which leads on to another set of questions and enigmas. Her discoveries prompt her to defy her husband's authority, to take the law into into a labyrinthine maze of false clues and deceptive identities, in which the exploration of the tangled workings of the mind becomes linked to an investigation into the masquerades of femininity.
Probably the first full-length novel with a woman detective as its heroine, The Law and the Lady is a fascinating example of Collins's later fiction. First published in 1875, it employs many of the techniques used in The Moonstone, developing them in bizarre and unexpected ways, and in its Gothic and fantastic elements The Law and the Lady adds a significant dimension to the history of detective fiction.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
