Hide and Seek(Reprint) (Oxford World's Classics) by Wilkie Collins, CatherinePeters Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2009 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-955561-1, ISBN: 0-19-955561-3
"At the centre of Hide and Seek (1854) a secret waits to be revealed. Why should the apparently respectable painter Valentine Blyth refuse to account for the presence in his household of the beautiful girl known as Madonna? It is not until his young friend Zack Thorpe, who is in rebellion against his repressive father, gets into bad company and meets a mysterious stranger that the secret of Madonna can be unravelled. Wilkie Collins's th ..."
Poor Miss Finch(1st Edition) (Oxford World's Classics) by Au Wilkie Collins, CatherinePeters Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2009 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-955406-5, ISBN: 0-19-955406-4
"Wilkie Collin's intriguing story about a blind girl, Lucilla Finch, and the identical twins who both fall in love with her, has the exciting complications of his better known novels, but it also overturns conventional expectations. Using a background of myth and fairy-tale to expand the boundaries of nineteenth century realist fiction, Collins not only takes a blind person as his central character but also explores the idea of blindness ..."
Poor Miss Finch(Updated) (Oxford World's Classics) by Wilkie Collins, CatherinePeters Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2000 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-283699-1, ISBN: 0-19-283699-4
"Wilkie Collins's intriguing story about a blind girl, Lucilla Finch, and the identical twins who both fall in love with her, has the exciting complications of his better-known novels but it also overturns conventional expectations. Using a background of myth and fairy-tale to expand the boundaries of nineteenth-century realist fiction, Collins gives one of the best accounts in fiction of blindness and its implications."
Hide and Seek(Updated) (Oxford World's Classics) by Wilkie Collins, CatherinePeters Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 1999 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-283659-5, ISBN: 0-19-283659-5
"At the center of Hide and Seek (1854) a secret waits to be revealed. Why should the apparently respectable painter Valentine Blyth refuse to account for the presence in his household of the beautiful girl known only as Madonna? It is not until his young friend Zack Thorpe--rebelling against his repressive father--takes up with bad company and meets a mysterious stranger that the secret of Madonna can be unravelled."
Hide and Seek(Updated) (The World's Classics) by Wilkie Collins, CatherinePeters Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 1993 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-283092-0, ISBN: 0-19-283092-9
"At the center of Hide and Seek (1854) a secret waits to be revealed. Why should the apparently respectable painter Valentine Blyth refuse to account for the presence in his household of the beautiful girl known only as Madonna? It is not until his young friend Zack Thorpe--rebelling against his repressive father--takes up with bad company and meets a mysterious stranger that the secret of Madonna can be unravelled."
Wilkie Collins(1st Edition) An Illustrated Guide by Andrew Gasson, CatherinePeters Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 1998 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-866215-0, ISBN: 0-19-866215-7
"This is the most comprehensive work ever published on the life, work, and influences of Wilkie Collins. Interest in Collins has increased over recent years as his novels have gained popularity and his central role in 19th-century fiction, as a collaborator with writers such as Dickens and the father of the detective novel, has been recognized. The Guide is much more accessible than a biography: entries are arranged alphabetically and fu ..."
"The Moonstone is a stunning yellow diamond the size of a bird's egg that glows like the harvest moon and harbors a flaw in its brilliant depths. Inherited by the beautiful young Englishwoman Rachel Verinder, it is also a sacred talisman to the Hindu priests who hope to bring it back to their holy city in India, from which it was looted long ago. The diamond's disappearance sets in motion an intricately plotted mystery. Wilkie Collins ..."
Princeton Legacy Library The King of Inventors : A Life of Wilkie Collins by CatherinePeters 530 Pages, Published 2014 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-6345-7, ISBN: 1-4008-6345-7
"A Life of Wilkie Collins Catherine Peters. Both Charley and Kate Collins ... 'If I
were reminded', he wrote to Wilkie, who had written to him on Reade's behalf, '
that I was the editor of a periodical of large circulation in which the Plaintiff
himself had written, and if I had read to me in court those passages about Gaunt's
going up to his wife's bed drunk and the last child's being conceived, and was
asked whether, as Editor, I w ..."
The King of Inventors A Life of Wilkie Collins by CatherinePeters Hardcover, 500 Pages, Published 1991 by Secker & Warburg ISBN-13: 978-0-436-36712-0, ISBN: 0-436-36712-2
The King of Inventors A Life of Wilkie Collins (Princeton Legacy Library) by CatherinePeters Hardcover, Published 2016 by Princeton University Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-0-691-63566-8, ISBN: 0-691-63566-8
The King of Inventors A Life of Wilkie Collins (Princeton Legacy Library) by CatherinePeters Paperback, 524 Pages, Published 2014 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-60698-9, ISBN: 0-691-60698-6
" In this major biography, Catherine Peters explores the complicated life of Wilkie Collins, the greatest of the Victorian "Sensation" novelists and author of the famous Woman in White and The Moonstone. An intimate of Dickens and of the Pre-Raphaelites Holman Hunt and Millais, Collins was called the "king of inventors" by his publisher. On the surface, he was charming, unpretentious, and extremely good company, beloved by men and wom ..."
The King of Inventors(Updated) Life of Wilkie Collins - Peters, Catherine - Paperback by CatherinePeters Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 1992 by Minerva ISBN-13: 978-0-7493-9817-0, ISBN: 0-7493-9817-5
The King of Inventors(1st Edition) by CatherinePeters Hardcover, 524 Pages, Published 1993 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-03392-1, ISBN: 0-691-03392-7
" In this major biography, Catherine Peters explores the complicated life of Wilkie Collins, the greatest of the Victorian "Sensation" novelists and author of the famous Woman in White and The Moonstone. An intimate of Dickens and of the Pre-Raphaelites Holman Hunt and Millais, Collins was called the "king of inventors" by his publisher. On the surface, he was charming, unpretentious, and extremely good company, beloved by men and wome ..."
Charles Dickens by CatherinePeters 160 Pages, Published 2012 by The History Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-8709-0, ISBN: 0-7524-8709-4
"Catherine Peters. love, is unaffected. The allegory clearly had a relevance to
Dickens's decision to explore the pain of his own childhood. By 1849 he had
organized his autobiographical fragments into a connected narrative, and
thought about ... He showed it to Catherine, who strongly urged him not to,
because of his harsh criticism of his parents, especially his mother. ... Dickens
himself was the editor, with W.H. Wills, a sound ..."
"This book provides a complete and comprehensive account of the legal and administrative issues arising from the special education process.
The second edition details changes to the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Education Act and how the changes impact upon educators. It updates case law generated by the courts, the Special Education Tribunal and the Human Rights Tribunal on special education issues.
New chapters include:
Discipli ..."
Charles Dickens(Illustrated) (Essential Biographies) by CatherinePeters Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2009 by The History Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-5226-5, ISBN: 0-7524-5226-6
"Charles Dickens was in his own day the most popular novelist who had ever lived, a public figure adored like a present-day pop star. He still holds his place as one of the greatest English writers, an original genius whose novels are an essential link in the canon of English literature. He was also actively involved in the life of his time, campaigning for social and educational reform and sharply critical of contemporary society. This ..."
My House by CatherinePeters 8 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-13: 978-0-545-16516-7, ISBN: 0-545-16516-4
""This is my house. See how my house was made"--Page 4 of cover."