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- catalog abstract "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 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 of moralists; and Victorian ideas of the exotic.".
- catalog alternative "Ioláni".
- catalog alternative "Tahíti as it was".
- catalog contributor b11100901.
- catalog contributor b11100902.
- catalog contributor b11100903.
- catalog coverage "Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) Religious life and customs Fiction.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "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 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 of moralists; and Victorian ideas of the exotic.".
- catalog extent "xxxvii, 205 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0691015716 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "French Polynesia Tahiti (Island)".
- catalog spatial "Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) Religious life and customs Fiction.".
- catalog subject "823/.8 21".
- catalog subject "PR4494 .I56 1999".
- catalog subject "Women French Polynesia Tahiti (Island) Fiction.".
- catalog title "Ioláni".
- catalog title "Ioláni, or, Tahíti as it was : a romance / by Wilkie Collins ; edited and introduced by Ira B. Nadel.".
- catalog title "Tahíti as it was".
- catalog type "Psychological fiction. lcgft".
- catalog type "Psychological fiction.".
- catalog type "text".