# Armadale

> Wilkie Collins's audacious sensation novel. Two men share a name and a tangled, fateful inheritance, and a brilliant, dangerous woman schemes at the heart of a plot driven by a prophetic dream.

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## About
Two men bound by a shared name and a dark family secret are drawn toward a destiny foretold in a strange dream, while one of Victorian fiction's most magnetic villainesses moves among them, patient and deadly.What it's aboutA dying confession sets the stage: a crime committed in the past reaches forward to entangle two young men, both named Allan Armadale, one of whom conceals his true identity. When a vivid, seemingly prophetic dream appears to warn of doom, its meaning becomes a running mystery. Into their lives comes Lydia Gwilt, beautiful, clever and utterly without scruple, whose schemes for money and revenge drive Wilkie Collins's sprawling, tightly plotted narrative toward its tense conclusion.ThemesFate and free will contend throughout, as the characters struggle against a supposed destiny that may be inherited guilt, coincidence or self-fulfilling fear. Collins probes identity, inheritance and the reach of the past into the present, while Lydia's story raises pointed questions about the constraints placed on women and the desperation those constraints breed.Why it still mattersA cornerstone of the Victorian sensation novel, the book is bold, intricate and startlingly modern in its psychology. Lydia Gwilt stands among the great antiheroines of English fiction, a woman whose intelligence and ruthlessness scandalised readers and fascinate them still.Who it's forReaders who love twisting Victorian suspense, elaborate plots and morally complex characters. A treat for fans of Collins's better-known works and for anyone who enjoys a long, gripping novel with a truly unforgettable villain at its centre.

Sources and references
Verified references for this edition: Open Library, WorldCat, Wilkie Collins on Wikipedia.

## Specifications
- author: Wilkie Collins
- publisher: DotBooks
- imprint: DotBooks
- language: en
- binding: Perfect Bound
- pages: 409
- format: paperback
- oclc: 2932434
- openlibrary: OL176085W