Collins,Wilkie - Fiction & Literature 1

Published in 1881, Wilkie Collins's The Black Robe is the tale of Lewis Romayne, the possessor of an old country abbey, who accidentally kills his opponent in a duel. In a state of remorse, the……続きを見る

Originally published in 1877, Wilkie Collins's My Lady's Money is a social comedy about theft. A bank note is stolen from Lady Lydiard, and the wrong person is suspected. In order to disco……続きを見る

Wilkie Collins's The Queen of Hearts (1859) is a collection of ten short stories held together by a frame narrative. Jessie comes to Wales to stay with three old brothers. George, one of the br……続きを見る

Wilkie Collins's I Say No (1884) is a mystery novel about the suspicious murder of Emily Brown's father and her attempts to reveal the truth about his death. Running out of money, Emily has to leave……続きを見る

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Wilkie Collins's The Frozen Deep and Other Stories (1874) is a collection of stories. The title tale is a play, written under the guidance of Dickens, about Clara and her two suitors whose ship……続きを見る

Wilkie Collins The Dead Secret (1857) begins with the death bed confession of Mrs Treverton that will take her family by storm. The maid, Sarah Leeson, against the dying wish of Mrs Treverton, hides……続きを見る

With astounding tales of a battle for survival, the novella captivates the fancy of the readers. The twists and turns in the plot present a tale of pure selflessness on the part of the protagonists.……続きを見る

Wilkie Collins's Mr. Wray's Cash Box: The Mask and The Mystery was published in 1851 as a Christmas book. Mr. Reuben arrives in Tidbury fleeing the police and faces additional problems whe……続きを見る

T.S. Eliot called `The Moonstone the first and greatest English detective novel. The novel is worthy of such praise. The story begins with a brief prologue describing how the famous yellow diamond w……続きを見る

Laura Fairly is the innocent, the young, sheltered, Victorian maiden who abides by her departed fathers wishes. On his deathbed, he bids her to marry Sir Percival Glyde. Enter villainy. The grasping……続きを見る

Wilkie Collins's The New Magdalen (1873) opens in France in 1870 - the year of the war between France and Germany. Mercy, a former prostitute and nurse with the French ambulance service during ……続きを見る

Little Novels (1887) is a collection of stories by Wilkie Collins about love, marriage, and the social barriers of class and money. Some deal with crime and the supernatural. The collection contains……続きを見る

Wilkie Collins's The Fallen Leaves was first published in 1879. Amelius Goldenheart is deported from his Utopian community because of a relationship with an older woman. Arriving in London, he ……続きを見る

Wilkie Collins' Heart and Science (1883) presents the love story of a young doctor, Ovid, for his orphaned cousin Carmina, who suffers from a neural disease. As Mrs. Gallile becomes the hurdle ……続きを見る

An anthology of short stories, Wilkie Collins's After Dark (1856) first appeared in 1852 in Household Words. The Traveller's Story follows the immature Faulkner to a gambling house in Pari……続きを見る

Wilkie Collins Miss or Mrs? (1871) opens with a scene at the sea. Natalie, daughter of the wealthy Sir Joseph Graybrooke, has two suitors who are at loggerheads with one another. One of them, Richar……続きを見る

Set in a beautiful landscape, the work reflects the ugliness of relationships. A group of individuals are presented with deep psychological insight that leads the reader to an understanding about th……続きを見る

Jezebel's Daughter (1880) is a gothic novel by Wilkie Collins that reconstructs the events of 1828. A sinister widow, Mrs Fontaine, is unable to pay her debt and poisons Mrs. Wagner, a good hea……続きを見る

The pieces in Wilkie Collins's My Miscellanies were first published in Household Words and All the Year Round. The collection includes Memoirs of an Adopted Son, the tale of an audacious mugger……続きを見る

L'intégrale des 3 époques en un seul volume. William Wilkie Collins est né à Marylebone en Londres le 8 janvier 1824. Il est le fils d’un peintre paysagiste renommé, William Collins. À 17 ans, il ab……続きを見る

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The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel. It is an early example of the modern detective novel, and established many of the ground rules of the modern genre. The st……続きを見る