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Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for ''The Moons ...
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Novels

*''Iolani, or Tahiti as it was. A Romance'' (written 1844; published 1999) *'' Antonina'' (1850) *''
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The Dead Secret ''The Dead Secret'' was Wilkie Collins's fourth published novel. Plot summary The Secret of the title is the parentage of the heroine, Rosamond Treverton, who has been passed off as the daughter of the wealthy former actress Mrs Treverton of Por ...
'' (1856) *''A Rogue's Life'' (1856/1879) *'' The Woman in White'' (1860) *'' No Name'' (1862) *'' Armadale'' (1866) *''
The Moonstone ''The Moonstone'' (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel. It is an early example of the modern detective novel, and established many of the ground rules of the modern genre. The story was serialised in Charles Dic ...
'' (1868) *'' Man and Wife'' (1870) *'' Poor Miss Finch'' (1872), dedicated to
Frances Minto Elliot Frances Minto Elliot (1820–1898) was a prolific English writer, primarily of non-fiction works on the social history of Italy, Spain, and France and Travel literature, travelogues. She also wrote three novels and published art criticism and g ...
*''The New Magdalen'' (1873) *'' The Law and the Lady'' (1875) *''The Two Destinies'' (1876) *''The Fallen Leaves'' (1879) *''Jezebel's Daughter'' (serialisation 1879–80; 3 vols 1880), novelisation of Collins' play ''The Red Vial'' (1858) *'' The Black Robe'' (1881) *''Heart and Science'' (1883) *''I Say No'' (1884) *''The Evil Genius'' (1886) *''The Guilty River'' (1886) *''The Legacy of Cain'' (1889) *'' Blind Love'' (1890 – unfinished, completed by
Walter Besant Sir Walter Besant (14 August 1836 – 9 June 1901) was an English novelist and historian. William Henry Besant was his brother, and another brother, Frank, was the husband of Annie Besant. Early life and education The son of wine merchant Will ...
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Short fiction

*''Mr Wray's Cash Box. Or, the Mask and the Mystery. A Christmas sketch'' (1852)Jarndyce CATALOGUE CCXXXIV, item no. 78, Winter 2018–2019. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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A Terribly Strange Bed "A Terribly Strange Bed" is a short story by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1852 in '' Household Words'', a magazine edited by Charles Dickens. It was written near the beginning of his writing career, his first published book having appeared i ...
'' (1852) *''Gabriel's Marriage'' (1853) *''The Ostler'' (1855) *'' After Dark'' (1856) *''
The Lady of Glenwith Grange "The Lady of Glenwith Grange" is a novella by the nineteenth-century English writer Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for '' The Woman in White ...
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A House to Let "A House to Let" is a short story by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter. It was originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens's ''Household Words'' magazine. Collins wrote the introdu ...
'' (1858), a short story co-written with Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell and
Adelaide Anne Procter Adelaide Anne Procter (30 October 1825 – 2 February 1864) was an English poet and philanthropist. Her literary career began when she was a teenager, her poems appearing in Charles Dickens's periodicals ''Household Words'' and '' All the ...
*'' The Haunted House'' a short story co-written with Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Adelaide Anne Proctor, George Sala and
Hesba Stretton Hesba Stretton was the pseudonym of Sarah Smith (27 July 1832 – 8 October 1911), an evangelical English author of religious books for children. These were highly popular. By the late 19th century ''Jessica's First Prayer'' had sold a million a ...
*''The Queen of Hearts'' (1859) *''Miss or Mrs?'' (1873) *''The Frozen Deep and Other Stories'' (1874) **''The Frozen Deep'' **''The Dream Woman'' **''John Jago's Ghost; or
The Dead Alive ''The Dead Alive'', also called ''John Jago's Ghost'', is a novella written in 1874 by Wilkie Collins based on the Boorn Brothers murder case. It was reprinted with a side-by-side examination of the case by Rob Warden in 2005 by the Northweste ...
'' *''The Haunted Hotel'' (1878) *''My Lady's Money'' (1879) *'' Who Killed Zebedee?'' (1881) *''The Ghost's Touch and Other Stories'' (1885) *''Little Novels'' (1887) **''The Queen's Revenge'' **''Mad Monkton'' **''Sights A-Foot'' **''The Stolen Mask'' **''The Yellow Mask'' **''Sister Rose'' *''The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices'' (1890)


Non-fiction

*''Memoirs of the Life of William Collins, Esq., R.A.'' (1848) *''Rambles Beyond Railways, or, Notes in Cornwall taken a-foot'' (with illustrations by Henry C. Brandling; 1851) *''My Miscellanies'' (1863)


Plays

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The Frozen Deep ''The Frozen Deep'' is an 1856 play, originally staged as an amateur theatrical, written by Wilkie Collins under the substantial guidance of Charles Dickens. Dickens's hand was so prominent—beside acting in the play for several performances, ...
'' (1857), co-written with
Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...
*''The Red Vial'' (1858) *''
No Thoroughfare ''No Thoroughfare'' is a stage play and novel by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, both released in December 1867. Background In 1867 Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins collaborated to produce a stage play titled ''No Thoroughfare: A Drama: ...
'' (1867), co-written with
Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...
*''Black and White'' (18––) *''Miss Gwilt'' (18––)


Films based on his novels

*''Basil'' (UK 1998) *'' The Woman in White'' (UK 1997) *''The Moonstone'' (UK 1996) *''Zhenshchina v belom'' (''The Woman In White'', Russia 1982) *''The Woman in White'' (UK, TV, 5 episodes, 1982) *''La donna in bianco'' (Italy, TV, 1980) *''Lucilla'' (''Poor Miss Finch'', Germany, 1979, 2 episodes, directed by Wilhelm Semmelroth) *' (''The Moonstone'', Germany 1974, 2 episodes, directed by Wilhelm Semmelroth) *''Great Mysteries'' (1 Episode: ''A Terribly Strange Bed'', US 1973) *''Der rote Schal'' (''Armadale'', 3 episodes, directed by Wilhelm Semmelroth) *''La pietra di luna'' (''The Moonstone'', Italy 1972) *''The Moonstone'' (UK, 5 episodes, 1972) *''Die Frau in Weiß'' (''The Woman in White'', 3 episodes, Germany 1971, directed by Wilhelm Semmelroth) *''The Policeman and the Cook'' (US 1970) *''La femme en blanc'' (''The Woman in White'', France 1970) *''La dama vestida de blanco'' (''The Woman in White'', Spain 1967) *''The Woman in White'' (UK, 6 episodes, 1966) *''A Terribly Strange Bed'' (US 1991) *''Dow Hour of Great Mysteries: The Woman in White'' (US 1960) *''
The Moonstone ''The Moonstone'' (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel. It is an early example of the modern detective novel, and established many of the ground rules of the modern genre. The story was serialised in Charles Dic ...
'' (UK, 7 episodes, 1959) *''Hour of Mystery: The Woman in White'' (UK 1957) *''Sergeant Cuff kann den Mondstein nicht finden'' (''The Moonstone'', Germany 1955) *''Suspense: The Moonstone'' (US 1954) *''Tales Of Adventure: The Moonstone'' (US 1952, 5 episodes) *''Robert Montgomery Presents: The Moonstone'' (US 1952) *'' The Woman in White'' (US 1948) *''Crimes at the Dark House'' (based on ''The Woman in White'', US 1940) *''
The Moonstone ''The Moonstone'' (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel. It is an early example of the modern detective novel, and established many of the ground rules of the modern genre. The story was serialised in Charles Dic ...
'' (1934) *''The Woman in White'' (1929) *''She Loves and Lies'' (1920) *''The Twin Pawns'' (1919) *''The Woman in White'' (1917) *''Tangled Lives'' (1917) *''The Moonstone'' (1915) *''The Quest of the Sacred Jewel'' (1914) *''The New Magdalen'' (1914 *''The Dream Woman'' (1914) *''The New Magdalen'' (1912) *''The Woman in White'' (1912) *''The New Magdalene'' (1910)


References

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