Synopsis "Hide and Seek "

Excerpt from Hide and Seek: Or the Mystery of Mary Grice For some years the book was, in the technical phrase, out Of print.' Proposals reached me, at various times, for its republication; but I resolutely abstained from availing myself Of them for two reasons. In the first place, I was anxious to wait until Hide and Seek' could make its te-appearance on a footing of perfect equality with my other works. In the second place, I was resolved to keep it back until it might Obtain the advantage of a careful revisal, guided by the light of the author's later experience. The period for the accomplishment of both these Objects has now presented itself. 'hide and Seek' forms one among the series of my novels, which has begun with 'antonina, ' The Dead Secret, ' and 'the Woman in White and which will be continued with Basil and 'the Queen of Hearts.' My project of revisal has, at the same time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Wilkie Collins

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(London 1824-1889) Playwright, novelist, and prolific short story writer. At 17, he started working at a tea trading company while writing Ioláni, or Tahiti as it was (Gothic no. 32), a work that was not published until over a century after his death. He studied Law and, although he never practiced, he did use his legal knowledge in many of his works, and critics consider him one of the fathers of the detective genre. In 1851, he met Charles Dickens, with whom he formed a deep friendship and published his main works in his weekly All the Year Around. After Dickens' death in 1870, his popularity waned. He suffered from rheumatic gout which eventually led to an opium addiction. His tombstone epitaph highlights him as the author of the novel The Woman in White.

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