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THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF WILKIE COLLINS
THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF WILKIE COLLINS
THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF WILKIE COLLINS
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Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. His best-known works are The Woman in White, No Name, Armadale, and The Moonstone.
Table of Contents:
After The Dark
The Ostler
Mr. Wray's Cash Box
The Queen of Hearts
A House To Let
The Haunted House ("The Ghost in the Cupboard Room")
My Miscellanies
No Thoroughfare
Miss or Mrs?
"Blow up with the Brig!"
The Hidden Cash
The Perils of Certain English Prisoners
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices
The Last Stage Coachman
The Fatal Cradle
The Frozen Deep and Other Stories
The Captain's Last Love
The Dead Hand
The Devil's Spectacles
The First Officer's Confession
Farmer Fairweather
Fatal Fortune
Fie! Fie! Or The Fair Physician
Love's Random Shot
The Midnight Mass
Nine O'Clock
A Passage in the Life of Mr. Perugino Potts
The Haunted Hotel
My Lady's Money
Who Killed Zebedee
Little Novels
The Poetry Did It
A Sad Death and A Brave Life
The Twin Sisters
Volpurno - Or The Student
John Steadiman's Account (The Wreck of The Golden Mary)
A Message from The Sea
The Seafaring Man
The Dead Alive
LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 7, 2017
ISBN9788027202416
THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF WILKIE COLLINS
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Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and more than 100 essays. His best-known works are The Woman in White and The Moonstone.

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