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Iolani; Or, Tahiti As It Was by Ira Bruce Nadel, Wilkie Collins (1999, Hardcover, Illustrated) 
Iolani; Or, Tahiti As It Was by Ira Bruce Nadel, Wilkie Collins (1999, Hardcover, Illustrated)

 
Iolani; Or, Tahiti As It Was by Ira Bruce Nadel, Wilkie Collins (1999, Hardcover, Illustrated)

Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Publication Date: 1999-05-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 069103446X
ISBN-13: 9780691034461
Product ID: EPID254619
Description: Wilkie Collins's first novel, rejected in its day, is set in Tahiti and tells the story of the king's rebellious brother, his wife, and a feisty young woman who rises to become the new ruler.
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Synopsis
Wilkie Collins's first novel, rejected in its day, is set in Tahiti and tells the story of the king's rebellious brother, his wife, and a feisty young woman who rises to become the new ruler.

Details
Publication Date:1999-05-01
Editor:Ira Bruce Nadel
Edition Description:Illustrated

Size
Length:216 pages
Height:8.8 in
Width:5.8 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:16.0 oz

Publisher's Note
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. Iolani 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 work, shelved the manuscript for years, and eventually gave it to an acquaintance. It disappeared into the hands of private collectors, where it languished unknown -- acquiring mythical status as a lost novel -- from the turn of the century until its sudden appearance on the rare book market in New York in 1991. This first edition appears with the permission of the new owners, who keep the mystery alive by remaining anonymous. The novel is set in Tahiti prior to European contact. It tells the story of the diabolical high priest, Iolani, and the heroic young woman, Idia, who bears his child. Determined to defy the Tahitian custom of killing firstborn children, Idia and her friend Aimata flee with the baby and take refuge among Iolani's enemies. The vengeful priest pursues them, setting into motion a plot that features civil war, sorcery, sacrificial rites, wild madmen, treachery, and love. Collins explores themes that he would return to again and again in his career: oppression by sinister, patriarchal figures, the bravery of forceful, unorthodox women, the psychology of the criminal mind, the hypocrisy ofmoralists, and Victorian ideas of the exotic. As Ira Nadel shows in his introduction, the novel casts new light on Collins's development as a writer and on the creation of his later masterpieces. A sample page from the manuscript appears as the frontispiece to this edition. The publication of Iolani is a major literary event: a century and half late, Wilkie Collins makes his literary debut as he originally intended it.

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