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Novels
Publication dates are from the title page of the first edition in book form. Most were published earlier in periodicals or newspapers. Books published late in the year sometimes bore the date of the following year. The e-texts are mainly from later editions.

  1. Antonina  First published 1850. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  2. Armadale  First published 1866. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  3. Basil  First published 1852. This e-text is from the Sampson Low one-volume edition, London 1862..
  4. The Black Robe  First published 1881. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  5. Blind Love  First published 1889. Chapters 1-48 by Collins, rest completed by Walter Besant from Wilkie's notes. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895 
  6. The Dead Secret  First published 1856. This e-text is from the Harper & Brothers edition, New York 1873.
  7. The Evil Genius  First published 1886. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  8. The Fallen Leaves  First published 1879. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  9. The Frozen Deep  First published Temple Bar XLII August-October 1874. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  10. The Guilty River  First published 1886. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  11. The Haunted Hotel First published 1878. This e-text from the Chatto & Windus edition, London 1879.
  12. Heart and Science  First published 1883. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  13. Hide and Seek  First published 1854. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  14. Ioláni  Written in the 1840s but first published 1999. This e-text is taken from the original manuscript. As well as the e-text this link gives access to introductions, notes and a page of the manuscript.
  15. "I Say No"  First published 1884. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  16. Jezebel's Daughter  First published 1880. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  17. The Law and The Lady First published 1875. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  18. The Legacy of Cain First published 1889. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  19. Man and Wife  First published 1870. This e-text is from the Harper & Brothers edition, New York 1870, with five illustrations.
  20. Miss or Mrs? First published 1873. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  21. The Moonstone First published 1868. E-text taken from unknown edition by Project Gutenberg.
  22. Mr Wray's Cash Box  First published 1852. . This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895.
  23. The Stolen Mask This e-text taken from an 1864 pirated US edition of the story published in Colombia, USA.
  24. My Lady's Money  First published as 'My Lady's Money. An episode in the life of a young girl' Illustrated London News LXXI Nos 2005-2006 Christmas 1877, and in book form with The Haunted Hotel 1879. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  25. The New Magdalen  First published 1873. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  26. No Name  First published 1862. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  27. Poor Miss Finch First published 1872. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  28. A Rogue's Life: from his birth to his marriage  First published in book form 1879. Originally published as 'A Rogue's Life - written by Himself' in Household Words XIII 1-29 March 1856. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  29. The Two Destinies First published 1876. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895
  30. The Woman in White First published 1860. E-text taken from unknown edition by Project Gutenberg.

Collections of stories
These collections were published during Collins's life and edited by Collins from the originals. Inevitably that has introduced changes in the stories from their first publication. Some of the originals are available in Separate Short Stories.

  1. After Dark First published in this form 1856. The stories are linked by the story of Leah, itself a substantial story and each has a prologue. Collins's preface is also included. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895.


Contains the following separate stories

    1. Leaves from Leah's Diary : First published After Dark 1856
    2. The Traveler's Story of "A Terribly Strange Bed" : Originally published as 'A Terribly Strange Bed' Household Words V no.109 pp129-137 24 April 1852
    3. The Lawyer's Story of "A Stolen Letter": Originally published as 'The Fourth Poor Traveller' in 'The Seven Poor Travellers' Christmas Number of Household Words Christmas 1854 pp19-26. Also published as 'A Lawyer's Story' Harper's New Monthly Magazine X, no.57, 385-391 February 1855
    4. The French Governess's Story of "Sister Rose":  Originally published as 'Sister Rose' in Household Words XI nos.263-266 7 - 28 April 1855
    5. The Angler's Story of "The Lady of Glenwith Grange" : First published After Dark 1856
    6. The Nun's Story of "Gabriel's Marriage" : Originally published as 'Gabriel's Marriage' Household Words VII nos.160-161 16-23 April 1853
    7. The Professor's Story of "The Yellow Mask":  Originally published as 'The Yellow Mask' in Household Words XI, nos.276-279, 7-28 July 1855
       
  1. Little Novels First published in this form 1887. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895

Contains

    1. Miss Bertha and the Yankee:  First published as 'The Duel in Herne Wood' in Spirit of the Times 22 December 1877
    2. Mr. Cosway and the Landlady:  First published as 'Your Money or Your Life' People's Library 17 December 1881
    3. Mr. Captain and the Nymph:  First published as 'The Captain's Last Love' in The Spirit of the Times 23 December 1876 and in Belgravia January 1877. The two versions are slightly different.
    4. Miss Dulane and My Lord:  First published as 'An Old Maid's Husband' in Belgravia Annual Christmas 1887 and in Spirit of the Times 25 December 1886
    5. Miss Jéromette and the Clergyman:  First published in Canadian Monthly August-September 1875 and reprinted in Little Novels 1887
    6. Mr. Lepel and the Housekeeper: First published as 'The Girl at the Gate Spirit of the Times 6 December 1884 and The English Illustrated Magazine January and February 1885
    7. Mr. Lismore and the Widow: First published as 'She Loves and Lies' in Spirit of the Times 22 December 1883
    8. Mr. Marmaduke and the Minister: First published as 'The Mystery of Marmaduke' in Spirit of the Times 28 December 1878 and reprinted in Little Novels 1887
    9. Mr. Medhurst and the Princess: First published as 'Royal Love' in Longman's Magazine Christmas 1884 and reprinted in Little Novels 1887
    10. Miss Mina and the Groom:  First published as 'A Shocking Story' Barnes' International Review November-December 1878 and reprinted in Little Novels 1887
    11. Miss Morris and the Stranger:  First published as 'How I Married Him' in Belgravia Annual 1882 and in Spirit of the Times 24 December 1881.
    12. Mr. Percy and the Prophet:  First published as 'Percy and the Prophet' in All The Year Round New Series, extra summer number, Summer of 1877.
    13. Mr. Policeman and the Cook:  First published as 'Who Killed Zebedee' in Spirit of the Times 25 December 1880
    14. Mrs. Zant and the Ghost:  First published as 'The Ghost's Touch' in Harper's Weekly 23 October 1885
  1. The Queen of Hearts First published in this form 1859. Ten stories with a linking narrative. Includes Collins's dedication to Emile Forgues. The e-text here is arranged in two parts - clicking on any of the first five stories brings up the first half of the book. Clicking on any of the last five brings up the second half of it.This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895

Contains

    1. Brother Owen's Story of The Black Cottage:  First published as 'The Siege of the Black Cottage' Harper's New Monthly Magazine XVI No.81 pp334-341 February 1857
    2. Brother Griffith's Story of The Family Secret:  First published as 'Uncle George or The Family Mystery' National Magazine I No.1 pp10-15 November 1856
    3. Brother Morgan's Story of The Dream Woman:  First published in a slightly different form as 'The Ostler' in 'Holly Tree Inn' the extra Christmas number of Household Words pp9-18 Christmas 1855. Republished in expanded versions as 'The Dream Woman: A Mystery in Four Narratives' in The Frozen Deep and other Stories, London 1874 and as the title story in Alicia Warlock, (A Mystery) and Other Stories, Boston 1875.
    4. Brother Griffith's Story of Mad Monkton:  First published as 'The Monktons of Wincott Abbey' Fraser's Magazine LII Nos.311-312 November-December 1855. This story was originally written in 1853 for Household Words but Dickens rejected it because of its theme of hereditary madness.
    5. Brother Morgan's Story of The Dead Hand:  First published as 'The Doctor's Story' part of 'The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices' which was written jointly with Charles Dickens in Household Words XVI No.394 pp340-349 10 October 1857
    6. Brother Griffith's Story of The Biter Bit:  First published as 'Who is the Thief?' in The Atlantic Monthly I No.6 pp706-722 April 1858
    7. Brother Owen's Story of The Parson's Scruple:  First published as 'A New Mind' Household Words XIX No.458 pp.107-114
    8. Brother Griffith's Story of A Plot in Private Life:  First published as 'A Marriage Tragedy' in Harper's New Monthly Magazine XVI No.93 pp.334-357 February 1858
    9. Brother Morgan's Story of Fauntleroy:  First published as 'A Paradoxical Experience' in Household Words XVIII No.451 pp.516-522 13 November 1858
    10. Brother Owen's Story of Anne Rodway:  First published as 'The Diary of Anne Rodway' Household Words XIV Nos.330-331 19, 26 July 1856

 

Separate short stories

1.      The Biter Bit First published as 'Who is the Thief' Atlantic Monthly, I, April 1858

2.      The Black Cottage First published as 'The Siege of the Black Cottage' in Harper's New Monthly Magazine XIV pp334-341, February 1857 and in an amended form in The Queen of Hearts 1859.

3.      Blow Up With the Brig! First published as 'The Ghost in the Cupboard Room' in 'The Haunted House' All The Year Round Christmas 1859. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895

4.      Brother Morgan's Story of the Dream Woman First published in this form in The Queen of Hearts 1859. The story also appeared in an earlier form as 'The Ostler' in Holly Tree Inn the Christmas number of Household Words 1855 and in an expanded form as 'The Dream Woman: a Mystery in four narratives' in The Frozen Deep and other stories 1874.

5.      The Captain's Last Love E-text from Belgravia January 1877 XXXI No.123 pp257-274. First published Spirit of the Times, New York 23 December 1876. Reprinted with changes as 'Mr Captain and the Nymph' in Little Novels.

6.      The Dead Alive First published as 'John Jago's Ghost' The Home Journal 27 December 1873. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895

7.      The Dead Hand First published in 'The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices', chapter II Household Words XVI pp340-349 10 October 1857 and in The Queen of Hearts 1859

8.      The Devil's Spectacles First published in New York as 'The Magic Spectacles' Spirit of the Times 20 December 1879 and as 'The Devil's Spectacles' in various English newspapers including The Bath Herald 20, 27 December 1879. Reprinted in The Seaside Library June 1880.

9.      The Dream Woman First published as 'The Ostler' in 'Holly Tree Inn' the extra Christmas number of Household Words pp9-18 Christmas 1855. This version is taken from the expanded version, worked out for Wilkie's American tour in 1873 and first published as 'The Dream Woman: A Mystery in Four Narratives' in The Frozen Deep and other Stories, London 1874 and as the title story in Alicia Warlock, (A Mystery) and Other Stories, Boston 1875. . This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895.

10.  The Family Secret First published as 'Uncle George or the Family Mystery' in The National Magazine I, November 1856 (NB some bibliographies cite this wrongly) reprinted in The Queen of Hearts 1859 as 'Brother Griffith's Story of The Family Secret'

11.  Farmer Fairweather First published The Youth's Companion LIX 19 August 1886 and in Boy's Own Paper 26 February 1887

12.  The Fatal Cradle First published as 'Picking up Waifs at Sea' in 'Tom Tiddler's Ground' All The Year Round Christmas 1861. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895

13.  A Fatal Fortune First published All The Year Round New Series XIII, 17-24 October 1874. This e-text is from the Peter Fenelon Collier edition, New York c1895

14.  Fie! Fie! or The Fair Physician First published in Spirit of the Times 23 December 1882 and in Pictorial World Christmas Supplement December 1882

15.  The First Officer's Confession First published Spirit of the Times 24 December 1887

16.  The Hidden Cash First published Youth's Companion LX, 21 April 1887

17.  The Lady of Glenwith Grange First published as 'The Angler's Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange' in After Dark 1856.

18.  The Last Stage Coachman First published Illuminated Magazine I August 1843 pp209-211

19.  Love's Random Shot First published Seaside Library 12 February 1884

20.  The Midnight Mass (a translation of Balzac's 'Une Épisode sous la Terreur') First published Bentley's Miscellany XXXI June 1852. Possibly by a friend or done jointly with them.

21.  Nine O'Clock! First Published Bentley's Miscellany XXXII August 1852

22.  A Passage in the Life of Mr. Perugino Potts:  First published Bentley's Miscellany XXXI February 1852

23.  The Poetry Did It:  First published The Spirit of the Times 26 December 1885 and in English Illustrated Magazine XXVIII January 1886

24.  A Sad Death and a Brave Life:  First published Youth's Companion LIX 16 December 1886 and in Boy's Own Paper 23 October 1886

25.  A Terribly Strange Bed:  First published Household Words V 24 April 1852

26.  The Twin Sisters:  First Published Bentley's Miscellany XXIX March 1851

 

Contributions to Household words and All the year round.

In 1852, Wilkie Collins began writing for Charles Dickens in Household words.These following works were written by Wilkie Collins as part of Christmas numbers of Household Words or All The Year Round. Other contributions were written by Dickens, Wilkie's brother, Charles, Elizabeth Gaskell and others. But ‘The Wreck of the Golden Mary’ and ‘A Message from the Sea’ are not available in e-text form.

FICTION:

1.      John Steadiman's Account  was published as a part of ‘The Wreck of the Golden Mary’, in a Christmas number of Household Word in 1856.

2.      The Deliverance First, was published as a part of ‘The Wreck of the Golden Mary’, in a Christmas number of Household Words in 1856.

3.      The Prison in the Woods  was published as a part of The Perils of Certain English Prisoners, the Christmas number of Household Words in 1857.

4.      Over the Way  was published as a part of A House to Let, the Christmas number of Household Words in1858.

5.      Trottle's Report  was  published as a part of A House to Let, the Christmas number of Household Words, 1858

6.      The Seafaring Man was published as a part of A Message from the Sea, the Christmas number of All The Year Round in1860.

       NON-FICTION:

7.      The Seven Poor Travelers was published in the extra Christmas number of Household Words with Eliza Lynn, Adelaide Anne Procter, and George Augustus Sala in 1854.

8.       The Holly Tree Inn, was published in the extra Christmas number of Household Words with William Howitt, Harriet Parr, and Adelaide Anne Procter, in 1855.

9.      The Wreck of the Golden Mary was published in the extra Christmas number of Household Words with Percy Fitzgerald, Adelaide Anne Procter, Harriet Parr, and James White in 1856.

10.  The Frozen Deep, initially was executed  in the  schoolroom of Dickens's London residence, Tavistock House; ‘The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices’ in Household Words ; Later was published as ‘The Perils of Certain English Prisoners’ in the Extra Christmas Number of Household Words ,without the assistance of other staff writers, in 1857.

11.  A House to Let was published in the extra Christmas number of Household Words with Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter, in 1858.

12.  The Haunted House was published in the extra Christmas number of All the Year Round with Elizabeth Gaskell, Adelaide Anne Procter, George Augustus Sala, and Hesba Stretton, in 1859.

13.  A Message from the Sea was published in the extra Christmas number of All the Year Round with Robert Buchanan or Henry F. Chorley, Charles Collins, Amelia B. Edwards, and Harriet Parr, im 1860.

14.  Tom Tiddler's Ground was published in the extra Christmas number of All the Year Round with John Harwood, Charles Collins, and Amelia B. Edwards, in 1861.

15.  No Thoroughfare was published in the extra Christmas number of All the Year Round without the assistance of other staff writers, in 1867.

Plays

Wilkie Collins wrote a least 14 plays, many based on his own books. They are listed here in chronological order. The texts of these plays are very hard to find in printed form. Six are now available in e-texts along with the version of No Name written by Bayle Bernard with Collins's approval.

  1. A Court Duel Opened at the Soho Theatre 26 February 1850. Never published.
  2. The Lighthouse First performed 16 June 1855 by Dickens's amateur company and first professionally staged on 10 August 1857 at the Royal Olympic Theatre. 
  3. The Frozen Deep First performed by Dickens's amateur company at Tavistock House on 6 January 1857. A revised version was performed professionally at the Royal Olympic Theatre on 27 October 1866.
  4. The Red Vial First performed 11 October 1858 Royal Olympic Theatre. Never published.
  5. A Message from the Sea. Royal Olympic Theatre February 1861. A copyright performance. Published G. Halsworth 1861.
  6. No Name First published 1863. Written by Bayle Bernard with Collins's approval but never performed in England.
  7. No Thoroughfare First performed 26 December 1867 at the Adelphi Theatre
  8. Black and White - a Love Story First performed 29 March 1869 at the Adelphi Theatre
  9. No Name Privately published in 1870. Dramatised by Collins but never performed in the UK. Produced in an adapted form in New York at the Fifth Avenue Theatre opening on 7 June 1871.
  10. The Woman in White First performed 9 October 1871 at the Olympic Theatre
  11. Man and Wife Opened 22 February 1873 Prince of Wales's Theatre. Published in 1870 and unofficially staged in New York in 1870.
  12. The New Magdalen Opened 19 May 1873 the Olympic Theatre. Published 1873.
  13. The Moonstone First performed 17 September 1877 at the Olympic Theatre.
  14. Rank and Riches Opened 9 June 1883 Adelphi Theatre. Not published.
  15. The Evil Genius 30 October 1885 The Vaudeville, copyright performance only. Never published.

 

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