Features: * annotated with concise introductions to the novels and other texts * illustrated with many beautiful images relating to Collins, his life and works * features images of how the books first appeared, giving your Kindle a taste of the original Victorian texts * ALL 23 novels and EACH with its own contents table * bonus illustrations in the Dickensian novel "Hide and Seek" and the gothic novel "The Dead Secret" * Includes Collins’ rare unfinished novel “Blind Love”, often missed out of collections * ALL of the short stories, with excellent formatting * the collaborative texts with Dickens are provided in their complete state * even INCLUDES Collins’ complete non-fiction, including his biography of his father – a very rare text * ALL of the published plays – many available nowhere else in digital format * SPECIAL BONUS text of John Forster’s biography of Dickens - explore the great man's amazing life and his many connections to Wilkie Collins * rare non-fiction articles from Dickens' magazine 'Household Words' * scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with the biographical work WILKIE COLLINS' CHARMS by Olive Logan, his close friend Dickens’ great friend and fellow novelist deserves a place in the digital library of all lovers of fine literature. This is the COMPLETE WORKS of Wilkie Collins, with every novel, short story - even the very rare ones – published play, non-fiction text and much, much more. Now you can truly own all of Collins’ works on your Kindle, and all in ONE well-organised file. Please note: we aim to provide the most comprehensive author collections available to Kindle readers. Sadly, it’s not always possible to guarantee an absolutely ‘complete’ works, due to copyright restrictions or the scarcity of minor works. However, we do ensure our customers that every possible major text and a wealth of other material are included. We are dedicated to developing and enhancing our eBooks, which are available as free updates for customers who have already purchased them. CONTENTS The Novels ANTONINA BASIL HIDE AND SEEK THE DEAD SECRET A ROGUE'S LIFE THE WOMAN IN WHITE NO NAME ARMADALE THE MOONSTONE MAN AND WIFE POOR MISS FINCH THE NEW MAGDALEN THE LAW AND THE LADY THE TWO DESTINIES THE FALLEN LEAVES JEZEBEL’S DAUGHTER THE BLACK ROBE HEART AND SCIENCE "I SAY NO" THE EVIL GENIUS GUILTY RIVER THE LEGACY OF CAIN BLIND LOVE The Novellas and Shorter Fiction OVER 40 TITLES AND THREE SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS The Plays NO NAME THE FROZEN DEEP NO THOROUGHFARE BLACK AND WHITE NO NAME: THE WOMAN IN WHITE THE NEW MAGDALEN MISS GWILT THE MOONSTONE The Non-Fiction MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM COLLINS ESQ., R.A. RAMBLES BEYOND RAILWAYS A PICTORIAL TOUR TO ST. GEORGE BOSHERVILLE. THE EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY CONSIDERATIONS ON THE COPYRIGHT QUESTION MAGNETIC EVENINGS AT HOME BOOKS NECESSARY FOR A LIBERAL EDUCATION HOW I WRITE MY BOOKS REMINISCENCES OF A STORY-TELLER THE CRUISE OF THE TOMTIT THE NATIONAL GALLERY AND THE OLD MASTERS A FAIR PENITENT THE DEBTOR'S BEST FRIEND DEEP DESIGN ON SOCIETY THE LITTLE HUGUENOT THANKS TO DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE SERMON FOR SEPOYS DRAMATIC GRUB
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A close friend of Charles Dickens from their meeting in March 1851 until Dickens' death in June 1870, William Wilkie Collins was one of the best known, best loved, and, for a time, best paid of Victorian fiction writers. But after his death, his reputation declined as Dickens' bloomed. Now, Collins is being given more critical and popular attention than he has received for 50 years. Most of his books are in print, and all are now in e-text. He is studied widely; new film, television, and radio versions of some of his books have been made; and all of his letters have been published. However, there is still much to be discovered about this superstar of Victorian fiction. 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, and completed his education in 1841, after which he was apprenticed to the tea merchants Antrobus & Co. in the Strand. In 1846, Collins became a law student at Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the bar in 1851, although he never practised. It was in 1848, a year after the death of his father, that he published his first book, 'The Memoirs of the Life of William Collins, Esq., R.A'., to good reviews. The 1860s saw Collins' creative high-point, and it was during this decade that he achieved fame and critical acclaim, with his four major novels, 'The Woman in White' (1860), 'No Name' (1862), 'Armadale' (1866) and 'The Moonstone' (1868). 'The Moonstone', is seen by many as the first true detective novel T. S. Eliot called it "the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels ..." in a genre invented by Collins and not by Poe.
