The Yellow Mask, Wilkie Collins
The Yellow Mask, Wilkie Collins
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The Yellow Mask

Author: Wilkie Collins

Narrator: Bobbie Frohman

Unabridged: 3 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/20/2014


Synopsis

The Yellow Mask, a gothic romance filled with mystery and suspense, will hold you riveted from beginning to end.A scheming priest, Father Rocco of Pisa, decides the inheritance and great wealth of Count Fabio d'Ascoli was stolen from the church many generations ago and aims to steal it back. In order to do so, the priest manipulates Fabio's true love, the sweet model Nanina, to leave Pisa. Father Rocco then engineers a wedding between Fabio and his easily manipulated niece, the beautiful Maddelena. Poor Maddalena dies the next year in childbirth, and the priest is forced to alter his plan. He tries to drive Fabio mad by having a female henchman don a Yellow Mask and pretend to be the ghost of Maddalena. Fabio's only hope is his beloved Nanina. Can she save him?

About Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. The son of painter William Collins, he lived in France and Italy as a child and became fluent in both languages. Abandoning a law career, his first novel, Antonina was published in 1850. That same year he met Charles Dickens and the two became friends and frequent collaborators. Collins best-known works were published in the 1860s, including The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868). The latter has been called the first modern English detective novel.

About Bobbie Frohman

Bobbie Frohman, a third generation Californian, was raised in a large extended family, the niece of cowboys. Early on she developed a deep love of animals, training her dogs to perform with her at dog shows, and as a competitive barrel racer with her beloved horse, Lucky.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Adrian

I picked up this book on a whim at a junk shop. It was quite an interesting read. A window back in time and back in time of how one wrote short novels.......more

Как же тяжко быть наследником знатного и богатого рода! Все так и стремятся заполучить тебя в мужья или женить на ближайших родственницах. И что самое страшное – обычно у них это выходит! История вышла неплохой, хотя особо выдающейся я бы её не назвала. Молодой граф, наивная девушка, коварная охотниц......more

НЕ ВТРАЧАЙТЕ КОХАННЯ Заявленим жанром виявилася повість, але назвала цю книгу любовним детективом 19 століття. ⠀ Дія відбувається у палаці Асколі, де працює відома італійська модистка демуазель Гріфоні. Ми таємно проникаємо в обитель її праць, розглядаємо все навколо, пробігаємося очима помічниками та......more

Goodreads review by Elena

Mi-a plăcut povestea și personajele. Intriga și misterul, deși previzibile, au fost pe gustul meu - să nu uităm că povestirea a fost scrisă acum suficienți ani cât să devină una clasică.......more