Wilkie Collins's classic thriller took the world by storm on its first appearance in 1859, with everything from dances to perfumes to dresses named in honor of the "woman in white." The novel's continuing fascination stems in part from a...

The Woman in White von Collins, Wilkie

A mystery of unrelenting suspense and penetrating characterization, The Dead Secret explores the relationship between a fallen woman, her illegitimate daughter, and buried secrets in a superb blend of romance and Gothic drama. Reprinted...

Wilkie Collins veröffentlichte seinen ausschließlich in Briefen, Protokollen und Tagebucheintragungen der Protagonisten erzählten Roman 1868, der als erster vollgültiger Kriminalroman der Literaturgeschichte gilt: Bei der Eroberung der...

The Penguin English Library Edition of The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins 'Here was our quiet English house suddenly invaded by a devilish Indian Diamond - bringing after it a conspiracy of living rogues, set loose on us by the vengeance of...

"There, in the middle of the broad, bright high-road—there, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped from the heaven—stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments.”Thus young Walter...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At...

A fabulous yellow diamond disappears, the case looks simple, but in mid-Victorian England no one is what they seem, and nothing can be taken for granted. von Collins, Wilkie

Part of Alma Classics new series: 101 Pages, The Frozen Deep is an action-packed tale of vengeance and sacrifice based on an actual doomed mission to the Arctic captained by Sir John Franklin. von Collins, Wilkie

Wilkie Collins: Der WahnsinnigeErstdruck unter dem Titel »The Monktons of Wincot Abbey« im »Fraser's Magazine«, 11/12 1855. Hier in der deutschen Übersetzung von L. du Bois aus dem »Mannheimer Unterhaltungsblatt - Belletristische Beilage...

Wilkie Collins was born in London on 8 January 1824. His father was the landscape painter William Collins. After school he worked for a tea merchant before studying to become a lawyer. In 1848 he published a biography of his father and...

Mörderische Intrigen und dunkle Familiengeheimnisse, eine mysteriöse Erbschaft und eine große Liebe - dieser Klassiker des englischen Kriminalromans, kongenial übersetzt von Arno Schmidt, ist spannend von der ersten bis zur letzten...