Wilkie Collins - Libros y biografía

No Name is a 19th-century novel revolving around the issue of illegitimacy. The story begins in 1846, at Combe-Raven in West Somerset, the country residence of the happy Vanstone family. In the first...

Comment la tranquillité peut finir par rendre fou.William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) n'est pas seulement l'auteur de somptueux romans victoriens et le père du roman policier britannique. Nouvelliste de...

"The Moonstone" by Wilkie Collins is one of the forefathers of detective fiction, cementing the foundations of the genre. At the centre of it lays the theft of a diamond, dating in origin from a religious...

"The Dream Woman" is a novella by Wilkie Collins, telling the story of Francis Raven, a young man who dreams that a strange woman is trying to kill him. Eventually, he marries a woman who looks exactly...

In the heart of Victorian London, amidst the glittering ballrooms and shadowy streets, a tale of love, redemption, and societal hypocrisy unfolds. "The New Magdalen" introduces us to Mercy Merrick, a...

In the opulent world of Victorian England, where fortunes are made and lost in a heartbeat, a scandalous secret threatens to shatter the lives of two extraordinary women. Sophia Stanton, a young woman...

In the enigmatic world of Heart and Science, Wilkie Collins weaves a captivating tale of love, deception, and the clash between passion and reason. Dr. Ezra Jennings, a brilliant but aloof scientist,...

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. The Dead Secret is Wilkie Collins’ fourth novel. It first appeared in serial form in Charles Dickens’ Household Words magazine during 1856....

In the eerie silence of Limmeridge House, a young woman named Laura Fairlie finds herself trapped in a web of deceit and danger. As she struggles to uncover the truth behind her mysterious past, she encounters...

« En 1860, la réputation du docteur Wybrow de Londres était arrivée à son apogée. Les gens bien informés affirmaient que de tous les médecins en renom, c'était lui qui gagnait le plus d'argent. Un après-midi,...

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Man and Wife is the ninth novel by Wilkie Collins, and was published in serial form in 1870. Like many of his other novels it has a complex...

Vengeance, meurtre et complot sont les ingrédients de cette intrigue qui entraine le lecteur dans une aventure magistralement orchestrée par Wilkie Collins, le précurseur des romans à suspense. Mais c'est...

Un amour interdit, un complot et une sombre histoire d'argent. Le texte qui suit eut un véritable scandale lors de sa première publication. Il y est en effet question d'un sujet hautement sulfureux pour...

Un clàssic modern, una de les millors novel·les d'intriga de tots els temps.D'ençà de la seva aparició, l'any 1860, La dama de blanc no ha deixat de captivar els lectors fins al punt que els seus personatges...

In 'Little Novels' by Wilkie Collins, a collection of short stories is presented that showcase Collins' unique literary style of mixing melodrama, suspense, and social commentary. Each story presents...

In Wilkie Collins' 'The Traveller's Story of a Very Strange Bed,' readers are taken on a thrilling journey through a mysterious and suspenseful tale. Written in Collins' trademark style of intricate plotting...

Wilkie Collins' novel 'Man and Wife' is a Victorian sensation novel that delves into themes of marriage, identity, and legal complexities. Written in Collins' signature style of intricate plotting and...

In Wilkie Collins' novel Hide and Seek, readers are taken on a thrilling journey of mystery and suspense. The book follows the story of a young woman who becomes entangled in a web of secrets and deceit...

In "The Fallen Leaves" by Wilkie Collins, the reader is taken on a journey through the complexities of family relationships and societal expectations in Victorian England. Collins' intricate plot weaves...

In 'Miss or Mrs.?', Wilkie Collins delves into the complexity of Victorian domestic life and the position of women in society through the story of a young woman who must navigate the expectations placed...

Wilkie Collins' 'The Queen of Hearts' is a gripping novel that blends elements of mystery, romance, and social commentary. Set in Victorian England, the book follows the story of a young woman who becomes...

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...

Persons possessed of sluggish livers and tender hearts find two serious drawbacks to the enjoyment of a cruise at sea. It is exceedingly difficult to get enough walking exercise; and it is next to impossible...

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...

A young orphan, Emily Brown, who is courted by two eligible bachelors: Alban Morris, the drawing master at her school, and a clergyman, Miles Mirabel. Both claim to love her, but only one is telling the...

Man and Wife was Wilkie Collins' ninth published novel. It is the second of his novels (after No Name) in which social questions provide the main impetus of the plot. Collins increasingly used his novels...

The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter becomes embroiled in the sinister...

The Woman in White Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White is Wilkie Collins's fifth published novel, written in 1859. It is considered to be among the first mystery novels and is widely regarded as one of...

After Dark is Wilkie Collins's first collection of six short stories, published in 1856. The book is a series of tales supposed to be told to poor travelling portrait-painter, William Kerby, who is forced...

After Dark is Wilkie Collins's first collection of six short stories, published in 1856. The book is a series of tales supposed to be told to poor travelling portrait-painter, William Kerby, who is forced...