Wilkie: 657 books

A compilation of five masterful long short stories: "A Lodging for the Night" by Robert Louis Stevenson, "A Leaf in the Storm" by Ouida, "A Terribly Strange Bed" by Wilkie Collins, "Michael Lorio's Cross" by Hesba Stretton, and "A Perilous Amour" by Stanley J. Weyman.     

C'était écrit (Edition Intégrale - Version Entièrement Illustrée) * Inclus une courte biographie de Wilkie Collins Descriptif : Iris Henley est brouillée avec son père : Celui-ci souhaite la voir épouser Hugues Montjoie, profondément épris d'Iris. Mais Iris aime un autre homme,...

Revolution. Secrets. And someone is pulling the strings behind the scenes. Aeron’s long lost childhood friend has finally been found after a years long search but doesn’t remember him- and now she thinks he’s a jerk! Meanwhile, at home the younger brother he loves is stirring up rebellion...

Espionage. Murder. Lost memories are returned and chaos will ensue. The Shadeworld is a realm that stood as refuge when all the magical beings on Earth were persecuted during the witch trials. The realm has had peace under the rule of the dragons for centuries, but now a kingdom divided between...

Revenge. Aeron wants to destroy those who dared to threaten his family and break his kingdom. Betrayal. Alyss has been abandoned and betrayed by her mother and her entire kingdom, and she is determined to take back her rightful position. War. No one is willing to back down from the push...

The holidays are the best time to enjoy Christmas mysteries and classic ghost tales (for the fans of the genre) in the snuggling comfort of your home. This edition hence brings to you some of the finest literary gems together in one place to satisfy your cravings for some suspense. Enjoy: The Christmas...

This early work by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1861. Born in Marylebone, London in 1824, Collins' family enrolled him at the Maida Hill Academy in 1835, but then took him to France and Italy with them between 1836 and 1838. Returning to England, Collins attended Cole's boarding school,...

Long story. According to Wikipedia: "William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and writer of short stories. He was hugely popular in his time, and wrote 27 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays, and over 100 pieces of non-fiction work. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale and No Name."

The Moonstone together with The Woman in White, is considered to be the best novel of Wilkie Collins 19th-century British author. The Moonstone created many ground rules of detective novel, Collins also reflected his altitude to the Victorian society and draw the exact psychological portraits of its...

British author Wilkie Collins was one of the most famous authors of his day, ranking alongside luminaries such as Charles Dickens in terms of sales and popular acclaim. My Miscellanies bring together a series of vignettes, short stories, and character sketches that were published in journals during the early years of Collins' literary career.

With an Introduction and Notes by Scott Brewster, University of Central Lancashire. Wilkie Collins is a master of mystery, and The Woman in White is his first excursion into the genre. When the hero, Walter Hartright, on a moonlit night in north London, encounters a solitary, terrified and...

What an interesting collaboration! Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Ann Procter ... apparently each of them wrote a chapter. There's no indication of who wrote which episode, although elsewhere I learned that Dickens and Collins wrote the first and last chapters together,...

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 ships become trapped in the Arctic ice. The Dead Alive is a story which is based on the famous Boorn Brothers murder case. The Dream Woman is a supernatural story about a protagonist haunted by a dream.

This early work by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1882. Born in Marylebone, London in 1824, Collins' family enrolled him at the Maida Hill Academy in 1835, but then took him to France and Italy with them between 1836 and 1838. Returning to England, Collins attended Cole's boarding school,...