Wilkie: 657 books

The theme of this Megapack is classic mystery and crime fiction from the Victorian era. We have taken the liberty of extending the qualifying publication dates to the end of World War I, since that event marked more of a turning point in world literature than the advent of the Edwardian Age. Certainly...

The Ultimate British Mystery Multipack! FIVE AWESOME MYSTERIES FOR ONE LOW PRICE! From five Masters of British Mystery including Agatha Christie and Wilkie Collins. Extras include essays, free audio recordings, author bios, original illustrations and more… THE MYSTERIOUS...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names In a Grove [Ryūnosuke Akutagawa] Fantômas [Marcel Allain] The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont [Robert Barr] The Woman in Black [E.C. Bentley] The Island Mystery [George A. Birmingham] Four Max Carrados Detective Stories...

The Detective Fiction Collection brings together 28 of the greatest detective classics ever written, by the greatest authors to ever live.  Featuring: IN A GROVE, by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa FANTOMAS, by Marcel Allain THE TRIUMPHS OF EUGENE VALMONT, by Robert Barr THE WOMAN IN BLACK, by...

This book contains several tables of HTML content that will make reading easier. The first table of contents lists all the titles included in this volume. This book contains the following works, classified by author: In a Grove by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa The Innocence of Father Brown by Gilbert...

William Wilkie Collins est un écrivain britannique de l'époque victorienne, contemporain et ami de Charles Dickens. Très populaire de son vivant, il est l'auteur de 27 romans, plus de 50 nouvelles, au moins 15 pièces de théâtre et plus de 100 essais.

Thirteen Victorian and Edwardian ghost stories that send chills up the spine and create an atmosphere sure to make the reader turn on an extra light and push up the back of their armchair against the wall. Set amidst crumbling, ill-maintained churches and imposing cathedrals, on desolate coastland,...

Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins reveal the darker side of Victorian London—and a killer’s identity—in this “well-crafted adventure” (Publishers Weekly). Charles Dickens is smitten with Ellen Ternan, a teenage actress, and heads to the country to retrieve her from the home for fallen...

'The Perils of Certain English Prisoners' was the 'Household Words' Extra Christmas Number for 1857, and was co-authored by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Dickens and his co-author Wilkie Collins transfered the theme of the Indian Mutiny of 1857 to South America. The main story takes place in...

The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. In this series we look at short stories from many...

Wilkie Collins was an English writer, a founder of the “sensational” novel that divided to adventure and detective genre. He was an admitted master of intrigue and exciting plot with a comprehensive description of the character’s psychology. In his novels Wilkie kept up the gothic way of narration:...

Ian Wilkie contends that comic acting is a distinct art form, and as such demands a unique skillset. By exploring the ways in which performance choices and improvised moments can work in conjunction with texts themselves, Performing in Comedy offers an indispensable practical tool for enhancing comic...

Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) is best known as the innovator of the English detective novel, whose sensational novels, plays, and short stories were hugely popular in the Victorian Era. Today, readers enjoy Collins' intricate and suspenseful plots, and his penetrating social commentary on the plight of...

This book contains several tables of HTML content that will make reading easier. The first table of contents lists all the titles included in this volume. This book contains the following works, classified by author: In a Grove by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa The Innocence of Father Brown by Gilbert Keith...