Iolani ; or, Tahiti as It Was : a Romance.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Collins, Wilkie.
Imprint:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (250 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library Princeton legacy library.
Subject:	Women -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti (Island) -- Fiction. Women. Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Religious life and customs -- Fiction. French Polynesia -- Tahiti (Island) Electronic books. Fiction.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11275348

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Other authors / contributors:	Nadel, Ira B.
ISBN:	9781400864942 1400864941
Notes:	Cover; Contents. Print version record.
Summary:	Written 150 years ago, never published, and presumed lost for nearly a century, Wilkie Collins's earliest novel now appears in print for the first time. Ioláni is a sensational romance--a tale of terror and suspense, bravery and betrayal, set against the lush backdrop of Tahiti. The book's complicated history is worthy of a writer famous for intricate plots hinging on long-kept secrets. Collins wrote the book as a young man in the early 1840s, twenty years before The Moonstone and The Woman in White made his name among Victorian novelists. He failed to find a publisher for the.
Other form:	Print version: Collins, Wilkie. Iolani; or, Tahiti as It Was : A Romance. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014

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