“wilkie collins”

Still unsurpassed as a masterpiece of narrative drive and excruciating suspense, 'The Woman in White' is also famous for introducing, in the figure of Count Fosco, the prototype of the suave, sophisticated evil genius. The first detective novel ever written, it has remained, since its publication in... More

T S Eliot called The Moonstone 'the first, the longest and the best detective novels'. Combining a teasing pot with a vivid portrait of Victorian England, Collins makes his characters reveal themselves- and the solution to the mystery- by telling their own stories.... More

1866. A close friend of Charles Dickens, Collins is one of the most readable of the Victorian novelists and some critics credit him with the invention of Sensation/Detective novel. Originally serialized in The Cornhill, in Armadale the two heroes of the novel, Ozias Midwinter and Allan Armadale, are... More

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, ... More

Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, poet, and playwright writing in the mid 19th century. His was very popular; writing 27 novels, 50 short stories, 15 plays and over 100 poems. His best-known works were The Woman in White, The Moonstone and Armadale. In The Law and the Lady Valerie marries Eust... More

Having previously tried my hand at short serial stories (collected and reprinted in _After Dark, _ and _The Queen of Hearts), _ I ventured on my first attempt, in this book, to produce a sustained work of fiction, intended for periodical publication during many successive weeks. The experiment prove... More

I AM going to try if I can't write something about myself. My life has been rather a strange one.' (Excerpt from Chapter 1)... More