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John Jasper's Secret John Jasper's Secret Charles Dickens,Wilkie Collins,Henry Morford An early attempt to elucidate the mystery left unfinished at Dickens's death. OL14869144W
Perils of Certain English Prisoners Perils of Certain English Prisoners Wilkie Collins,Charles Dickens A monologue about English soldiers protecting a village against pirates. OL14869468W
Works (Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices / No Thoroughfare / Tale of Two Cities / Uncommercial Trav… Works (Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices / No Thoroughfare / Tale of Two Cities / Uncommercial Trav… Wilkie Collins,Charles Dickens Contains: Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices No Thoroughfare [Tale of Two Cities](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8721465W/A_Tale_of_Two_Cities) Uncommercial Traveller OL14869667W
The Wreck of the Golden Mary The Wreck of the Golden Mary Wilkie Collins,Charles Dickens *The Golden Mary* is sailing towards the Californian coast. There is a motley group of passengers – a man hoping to make money in the gold rush, an estranged fiancé, a mother and her child heading to… OL14869738W
Three Victorian Detective Novels Three Victorian Detective Novels Israel Zangwill,Andrew Forrester,Wilkie Collins,Everett F. Bleiler Three Victorian Detective Novels edited and introduced by E. F. Bleiler contains some of the earliest modern detective novels available. The stories selected are meant to represent various moments in… OL15240028W
The Raven and the Monkey's Paw The Raven and the Monkey's Paw W. W. Jacobs,Edith Wharton,O. Henry,Ambrose Bierce,Wilkie Collins,Charles Dickens,Edgar Allan Poe,Saki Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue [Black Cat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41068W) [Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W) [Pit and the Pendulum](https://openlibr… OL15646130W
Curses Curses Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell,H. L. Gold,Robert W. Chambers,Robert Bloch,Martin H. Greenberg,Wilkie Collins,Avram Davidson,George Moore,Arthur C. Clarke,Charles G. Waugh,Theodore Cogswell,Sarah Orne Jewett,Robertson, Morgan,Isaac Asimov,Christopher Fahy,Seumas MacManus,Manly Wade Wellman,Talmage Powell,F. Antsy,Mario Martin Jr. Contents: Introduction: Malevolence - essay by Isaac Asimov The Curse - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke Julia Cahill's Curse - shortstory by George Moore The Red Swimmer - novelette by Robert Bl… OL16420811W
Classic Ghost Stories Classic Ghost Stories Marion Crawford,W. W. Jacobs,Daniel Defoe,Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton,Frederick Marryat,Wilkie Collins,Charles Dickens,Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Amelia B. Edwards,Guy de Maupassant,Bram Stoker,Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu,Sir Walter Scott,Margaret Oliphant LeFanu, J. S. Sir Dominick Sarsfield. Dickens, C. The story of the bagman's uncle. Jacobs, W. W. The monkey's paw. Scott, W., Sir. Wandering Willie's tale. Stoker, B. Dracula's guest. Oliph… OL16480333W
I Say No Or, The Love-Letter Answered And Other Stories I Say No Or, The Love-Letter Answered And Other Stories Wilkie Collins Outside the bedroom the night was black and still. OL176023W
The Haunted Hotel The Haunted Hotel Wilkie Collins This is perhaps Collins' last lucid effort before ill health and opium drained his powers. A tale of ghostly terror, relentless pace, tight narrative, and a doomed Countess characterize and distingui… OL176025W
The Woman in White The Woman in White Wilkie Collins 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 is drawn into the sinister intri… OL176045W
Antonina, or, The fall of Rome Antonina, or, The fall of Rome Wilkie Collins The author draws on historical accounts of the final days of Rome and adds fictional characters and details to bring the time to life in more of a vignette form rather than a novel. Chapters include … OL176059W
My Lady's Money My Lady's Money Wilkie Collins Old Lady Lydiard sat meditating by the fireside, with three letters lying open on her lap. OL176072W
The Frozen Deep The Frozen Deep James Mahoney,Wilkie Collins,George Du Maurier Exchanging vows of love with sailor Frank Aldersley the night before his departure, Clara Burnham is haunted by the memory of Richard Wardour, and his mistaken belief that they will one day marry. Wi… OL176074W
Jezebel's Daughter Jezebel's Daughter Wilkie Collins MR. DAVID GLENNEY CONSULTS HIS MEMORY AND OPENS THE STORY OL176075W
The legacy of Cain The legacy of Cain Wilkie Collins At the request of a person who has claims on me that I must not disown, I consent to look back through a long interval of years and to describe events which took place within the walls of an English … OL176076W
The craft of detection The craft of detection Arthur Conan Doyle,Wilkie Collins,Charles Dickens Presents three annotated mystery and detective stories--"The Biter Bit," "Hunted Down," and "The Hound of the Baskervilles"--along with a section of related articles with discussion questions. OL19595707W
Romance Romance W. S. Gilbert,Mark Twain,Joseph Conrad,David Herbert Lawrence,Edith Wharton,O. Henry,Wilkie Collins,Rudyard Kipling,Robert Louis Stevenson,F. Scott Fitzgerald,Edgar Allan Poe,Arnold Bennett,Rosemary Gray,James Joyce,Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman,Kate Chopin,George Gissing,Saki,Katherine Mansfield Love in the night / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- An inverted love story / W.S. Gilbert -- The long run / Edith Wharton -- Olalla / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The box-office girl / Arnold Bennett -- A d… OL24157132W
The Book of the Sleuth The Book of the Sleuth Edgar Wallace,Arthur Conan Doyle,Mark Twain,Wilkie Collins,Edgar Allan Poe,Alan K. Russell,Mrs. Henry Wood,J. J. Bell,William Le Queux A thread of scarlet ; The little more / J.J. Bell -- The biter bit / William Wilkie Collins -- [Adventure of the Speckled Band](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15297563W/Adventure_of_the_Speckled… OL2665281W
The New Windmill Book of Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century The New Windmill Book of Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell,H. G. Wells,Arthur Conan Doyle,Thomas Hardy,Ambrose Bierce,Wilkie Collins,Charles Dickens,Mary Elizabeth Braddon,Edgar Allan Poe,Amelia B. Edwards,Guy de Maupassant,Bram Stoker,Robert Etty,Montague Rhodes James The Ostler / Wilkie Collins -- The old nurse's stories / Elizabeth Gaskell -- [Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518318W) / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- [Pit and the… OL3085486W
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