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Bezig met laden... The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice (1878)door Wilkie Collins
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El hotel encantado describe los sucesos sobrenaturales que tienen lugar en un decadente palacio veneciano transformado en hotel. En el viejo edificio, el mal más abyecto acecha al lector mientras camina por sus pasillos y habitaciones, mientras acompaña a sus inolvidables protagonistas en sus sueños y pesadillas, hasta descubrir, de la mano del terror, el espejo en el que se reflejan las más oscuras fronteras del alma humana. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML: Best known for his popular forays into detective fiction, Wilkie Collins' The Haunted Hotel blends elements of the classic whodunit with creepy overtones of Gothic horror. The tale delves into the mysterious disappearance of a newlywed aristocrat whose blushing bride may be harboring a dark secret. .Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Four months later, the husband with £10,000 in life insurance, dies whilst on honeymoon in Venice and the .
A year later, the Venetian palace where he died has been converted into a hotel, into which the man's brother has a financial stake. A wedding in the family takes place, and the Grand Tour, combined with theatrical business required in Europe results in the various members of the family staying at the new hotel. Who ever from the family stays in the room where the death occurred is distressed, and refuses to stay another night in the room. In the mean time the widow (who is becoming more disturbed) arrives back in Venice and starts writing a novel.
Investigations take place in the hotel which answers some questions but raises more. However the younger brother is pressed with reading the widow's "play" and soon we hear an alternative answer to the death, which is only more disturbing.
There are some truly creepy points in this book - the disembodied head floating above the bed for instance. The "cast of thousands" and who was related to whom was a little confusing at first but settled down to the main characters. Certainly gives some of the more modern horror writers a run for their money! ( )