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The Queen of Hearts
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By Wilkie Collins 21 Aug, 2019
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A collection of ten short stories set within the connecting narrative of 'The Queen of Hearts'. Dedicated to Emile Forgues.  'The Queen of Hearts' is the school nickname of Jessie Yelverton who arranges to stay for six weeks with her elderly guardia ... Read more
A collection of ten short stories set within the connecting narrative of 'The Queen of Hearts'. Dedicated to Emile Forgues.  'The Queen of Hearts' is the school nickname of Jessie Yelverton who arranges to stay for six weeks with her elderly guardian, Griffith, a retired lawyer.  Griffith lives with his two brothers, Owen the clergyman and Morgan the doctor, in an isolated house in South Wales.  Griffith's son, George, is in love with Jessie and the three brothers set out to delay her departure for ten days so that George can propose on his return from the Crimean war.  In a kind of Arabian Nights story-telling, the three brothers draw on their professional experiences to entertain their young guest with a different story each evening: Less
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  • 2012-12-14
  • English
  • 978-1341020421
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Wilkie Collins
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A close friend of Charles Dickens from their meeting in March 1851 until Dickens' death in June 1870, William Wilkie Collins was one of the best known, best loved, and, for a time, best paid of Victor...
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