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English novelist, playwright and writer of short stories; his best-known works are the "sensation" mystery novels, The Woman in White (1859), and The Moonstone (1868), the last considered to be the first modern English detective novel
This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is complete to 1901.
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "W. C."
This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is complete to 1901.
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "W. C."
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William Wilkie Collins
Works
Novels
- After Dark (1856) (Pseudo novel; short stories)
- The Woman in White
(1860) - No Name (1862)
- Armadale (1866)
- The Moonstone , 1874 US edition (1868)
- The Legacy of Cain (1889)
- Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices
- Antonina (1850)
- Basil (1850)
- Mr. Wray's Cash Box (1852)
- Hide and Seek (1854)
- The Dead Secret (1856)
- Man and Wife (1870) (see review in The Overland Monthly)
- Poor Miss French (1872)
- Miss or Mrs? (1873)
- The New Magdalen (1873)
- The Law and the Lady (1875)
- The Two Destinies (1876)
- The Haunted Hotel (1878)
- The Fallen Leaves (1879)
- A Rogue's Life (1879)
- My Lady's Money (1879)
- Jezebel's Daughter (1880)
- The Black Robe (1881)
- Heart and Science (1883)
- I Say No (1884)
- The Evil Genius (1886)
- The Guilty River (1886)
- Blind Love (1889)
Short stories
Collections
- After Dark (1856) (Pseudo novel)
- The Queen of Hearts (1859)
- Brother Owen's Story of The Black Cottage
- Brother Griffith's Story of The Family Secret
- Brother Morgan's Story of The Dream Woman [1]
- Brother Griffith's Story of Mad Monkton
- Brother Morgan's Story of The Dead Hand
- Brother Griffith's Story of The Biter Bit
- Brother Owen's Story of The Parson's Scruple
- Brother Griffith's Story of A Plot in Private Life
- Brother Morgan's Story of Fauntleroy
- Brother Owen's Story of Anne Rodway
- Little Novels (1887)
- Mrs. Zant and the Ghost [Volume I]
- Miss Morris and the Stranger
- Mr. Cosway and the Landlady
- Mr. Medhurst and the Princess
- Mr. Lismore and the Widow
- Miss Jéromette and the Clergyman [Volume II]
- Miss Mina and the Groom
- Mr. Lepel and the Housekeeper
- Mr. Captain and the Nymph
- Mr. Marmaduke and the Minister
- Mr. Percy and the Prophet [Volume III]
- Miss Bertha and the Yankee
- Miss Dulane and My Lord
- Mr. Policeman and the Cook
- The Frozen Deep and Other Tales (1874)
Individual short stories
- "Dream Women" (1855) (novella. Originally published as a short story in Household Words in 1855 as "The Ostler")
- "A Fair Penitent"
- "The Girl at the Gate," English Illustrated, 1885 novelette
- "A House to Let" (1858)
- "Mr. Lismore and the Widow" (included in Little Novels, 1887)
- "Major Namby," Short Stories, 1892
- "The Traveller's Story of a Very Strange Bed" a.k.a. "A Terribly Strange Bed" (1852)
Contributions to the DNB
Works about Collins
- "Wilkie Collins," in Cartoon portraits and biographical sketches of men of the day, by anonymous, illustrated by Frederick Waddy, London: Tinsley Brothers (1873)
- "Collins, William Wilkie," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1901) in 3 vols.
- "Collins, William Wilkie," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Collins, William Wilkie," in Men-at-the-Bar (2nd ed.), by Foster, J., London: Hazel, Watson and Viney, Limited (1885)
Notes
- ↑ (First published in a slightly different form as "The Ostler" in Household Words Christmas 1855. Republished in expanded versions as 'The Dream Woman: A Mystery in Four Narratives' in The Frozen Deep and Other Tales, London 1874 and as the title story in Alicia Warlock, (A Mystery) and Other Stories, Boston 1875.)
Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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