Wilkie Collins: 563 books

First published in 1862, this classic Wilkie novel explores the issue of illegitimacy in an era when being born in wedlock meant everything.

The Woman in White (1859-60) is the first and greatest `Sensation Novel'. Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue. The novel is dominated by two of the finest creations in all Victorian...

John Sutherland provides a fascinating introduction to a new edition of what T.S.Eliot called 'the first and greatest of all English detective novels'. - ;'the first and greatest of English detective novels' T.S.Eliot A fabulous yellow diamond becomes the dangerous inheritance of Rachel Verinder....

Alors que Walter Wilding se croit condamné à une existence misérable, il hérite une somme d’argent considérable d’une mère qu’il n’a jamais connue. Se croyant sauvé, il apprend que cette mystérieuse bienfaitrice s’est trompée d’enfant. Son seul but : retrouver le vrai Walter...

When Collins is good he can be very good. Man and Wife, while showing a Victorian tendency toward over-dramatization, is one of his better novels. He shows what seems to be thorough knowledge of certain aspects of British law--in this case the contrast between Scotch and English marital law.

The Woman in White is considered to be among the first mystery novels and is widely regarded as one of the first and finest in the genre of "sensation novels". The story is sometimes considered an early example of detective fiction with protagonist Walter Hartright employing many of the sleuthing...

'The power that I have dreamed of all my life is mine at last!' How far is a mother prepared to go to secure her daughter's future? Madame Fontaine, widow of an eminent chemist, has both the determination and the cunning to bring young Minna's marriage plans to fruition, with dangerous consequences...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: The Frozen Deep is a story of a love triangle between Clara, Frank and Richard, spiced up with dangerous expeditions, mysterious visions and life-threatening circumstances. The end is as surprising...

Une nuit, Walter Hartright, jeune professeur de dessin, porte secours à une mystérieuse « dame en blanc » que semble poursuivre une obscure menace. La jeune femme, parmi des propos incohérents, laisse entendre qu'elle est familière d'un lieu où il doit prochainement se rendre - le manoir de...

Valeria Woodville's first act as a married woman is to sign her name in the marriage register incorrectly, and this slip is followed by the gradual disclosure of a series of secrets about her husband's earlier life, each of which leads on to another set of questions and enigmas. Her discoveries prompt...

Collins’s 1889 collection of fourteen short stories includes “Miss Morris and the Stranger,” about a young governess and a fateful meeting, “Mr. Medhurst and the Princess,” about two star-crossed lovers, and a dozen other tales involving love, social classes, money, and even ghosts.

In “Miss or Mrs?” Natalie Graybrook is in love with her cousin Launcelot Linzie, but must stay engaged to the detestable Richard Turlington in order to receive her inheritance. “The Frozen Deep” is a play Collins wrote with the help of Charles Dickens, set in the Arctic, and inspired by Sir John Franlkin’s famous expedition in 1845—which ended in cannibalism.

Il racconto si svolge in una misteriosa e bellissima Venezia del 1800, in uno stupendo ma sinistro albergo abitato da passate presenze, orrende visioni e allucinanti realtà. Pubblicato a puntate dal giugno al novembre del 1878 ha in sé tutti gli ingredienti del moderno giallo. Infatti da Collins...

Bandito dalla Comunità Cristiana di Tadmor, nell'Illinois, Claude Amelius Goldenheart viene rispedito nella nativa Inghilterra. Una volta arrivato a Londra, al ricordo del mondo idealista di Tadmor, dove Amelius è cresciuto e ha appreso i suoi valori, si contrappone una piccola folla di gente senza...