What Wilkie Wrote
During his life Wilkie Collins
published 23 novels (defined here as a single work of fiction published
separately as a single book, sometimes in more than one volume), six collections
of stories (defined as a single book containing more than one work of fiction,
sometimes in more than one volume), one collection of essays, one travel
book, and one biography. He also published numerous short stories which
were not published in books in his lifetime, at least one translation from
French, more than a dozen plays - some original and some adapted from his
other work - and more than 100 articles in periodicals. One further novel
was completed by Walter Besant and published after his death; another,
the first he wrote, came to light in 1989. Not all his work has been identified.
This bibliography lists the
first publication in book form in England of works by Wilkie Collins. It
excludes plays, North American and other foreign editions. It also excludes
the separately published Christmas editions of Household Words and All
The Year Round to which Collins contributed. Many of Collins's stories
were published and republished in the USA - sometimes with alternative
titles - and by Tauchnitz in Leipzig. None of these variants is listed
here. Numerous foreign language editions were published under a variety
of titles, some bearing no relation to the English title.
TITLES:
Antonina; or, the Fall of
Rome
Novel Richard Bentley
3 vols 1850 27 Feb 1850
None
Rambles Beyond Railways;
or, Notes in Cornwall Taken A-Foot
Travel Essays Richard
Bentley
1 vol 1851 30 Jan 1851 None
Mr Wray's Cash-Box; or,
the Mask and the Mystery
Novel Richard Bentley
1 vol 1852 13 Dec 1851 None
Basil: A story of Modern
Life (1) Novel Richard Bentley
3 vols 1852 16 Nov 1852
None
Hide and Seek (2)
Novel Richard Bentley
3 vols 1854 6 Jun 1854 None
After Dark Stories
Smith, Elder and Co
2 vols 1856 14 Feb 1856
Household Words 24 April 1852-24 July 1855 plus one original story and
original linking narrative
'Leaves from Leah's Diary'
The Dead Secret
Novel Bradbury &
Evans
2 vols 1857 1 Jun 1857 Household
Words 3 Jan-13 June 1857
The Queen of Hearts
Stories Hurst and Blackett
3 vols 1859 1 Oct 1859 Fraser's
Magazine Nov 1855; Household Words Christmas 1855-1 Jan 1859; National
Magazine Nov 1856; Harper's New Monthly Magazine Feb 1857-Feb 1858; Atlantic
Monthly April 1858; plus original linking narrative.
The Woman in White
Novel Sampson Low, Son, & Co
3 vols 1860 14 Aug 1860
All the Year Round 26 Nov 1859-25 August 1860
No Name Novel
Sampson Low, Son, & Co
3 vols 1862 14 Dec 1852
All the Year Round 15 March 1862-17 Jan 1863
My Miscellanies
Essays Sampson Low, Son, & Co
2 vols 1863 15 Oct 1863
Household Words 7 June 1856-12 March 1859, All the Year Round 4 June 1859-11
May 1861
Armadale Novel
Smith, Elder and Co
2 vols 1866 15 May 1866
The Cornhill Magazine Nov 1864-June 1866
The Moonstone. A Romance
Novel Tinsley Brothers
3 vols 1868 1 Jul 1868 All
the Year Round 4 Jan-8 Aug 1868
Man and Wife. A Novel
Novel F. S. Ellis
3 vols 1870 15 Jun 1870
Cassell's Magazine Nov/Dec 1869-July/Sept 1870 (8)
Poor Miss Finch. A Novel
Novel Richard Bentley and Son
3 vols 1872 1 Feb 1872 Cassell's
Magazine New Series 2 Sept 1871-24 Feb 1872 (8)
Miss or Mrs.? and other
Stories in Outline (4) Stories Richard Bentley and Son
1 vol 1873 17 Jan 1873 The
Graphic Christmas 1871. All The Year Round Christmas 1859, 1861;
The New Magdalen. A Novel
Novel Richard Bentley and Son
2 vols 1873 2 Jun 1873 Temple
Bar Oct 1872-July 1873
The Frozen Deep and Other
Stories (5) Stories Richard Bentley and Son
2 vols 1874 18 Nov 1874
Temple Bar Aug-Oct 1974; Household Words Christmas 1855 (much amended);
The Home Journal 1873
The Law & the Lady:
A Novel Novel Chatto and Windus
3 vols 1875 1 Mar 1875 The
Graphic 26 Sept 1874-13 March 1875
The Two Destinies: A Romance
Novel Chatto and Windus
2 vols 1876 16 Aug 1876
Temple Bar Jan-Sept 1876
The Haunted Hotel: a Mystery
of Modern Venice; also includes My Lady's Money Stories Chatto
and Windus
2 vols 1879 1 Nov 1878 Belgravia
June-Nov 1878; Illustrated London News Christmas 1877
A Rogue's Life: From his
Birth to his Marriage Novel Richard Bentley and Son
1 vol 1879 1 Apr 1879 Household
Words 1-29 March 1856
The Fallen Leaves
Novel Chatto and Windus
3 vols 1879 1 Jul 1879 The
World 1 Jan -23 Jul 1879
Jezebel's Daughter
Novel Chatto & Windus
3 vols 1880 1 Apr 1880 Bolton
Weekly Journal 13 Sept 1879-31 Jan 1880 (7)
The Black Robe
Novel Chatto & Windus
3 vols 1881 1 Apr 1881 Sheffield
and Rotherham Independent 2 Oct 1880-26 Mar 1881(7)
Heart and Science: A Story
of the Present Time Novel Chatto & Windus
3 vols 1883 16 May 1883
Belgravia Magazine Aug 1882-June 1883
"I Say No" Novel
Chatto & Windus
3 vols 1884 15 Nov 1884
London Society Jan-Dec 1884
The Evil Genius: A Domestic
Story Novel Chatto and Windus
3 vols 1886 1 Sep 1886 Leigh
Journal and Times 11 Dec 1885-30 Apr 1886 (7)
The Guilty River
Novel J.W. Arrowsmith, Bristol; Simpkin, Marshall & Co. London
1 vol 1886 Dec 1886 -
Little Novels
Stories Chatto and Windus
3 vols 1887 16 Apr 1887
Canadian Monthly Aug,Sept 1875, Belgravia Jan 1877, All The Year Round
Summer Extra 1877, Spirit of the Times 22 Dec 1877, 25 Dec 1880, 22 Dec
1883; Belgravia Annual 1878, 1881, 1882, 1887; Temple Bar Jan 1879; Longman's
Magazine Christmas 1884; English Illustrated Magazine Jan-Feb 1885, Jan
1886; Harper's Weekly 23 October 1885.
The Legacy of Cain
Novel Chatto & Windus
3 vols 1889 16 Nov 1888
Leigh Journal and Times 17 Feb-29 Jun 1888
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