


A chilling whisper in late Victorian London, a world where mirrors hide more than reflections and every streetlamp glows with a secret. After Dark offers a masterclass in suspense that feels both immediate thrill and careful, literary craft. Wilkie Collins' late nineteenth century...

Before I begin, by the aid of my wife's patient attention and ready pen, to relate any of the stories which I have heard at various times from persons whose likenesses I have been employed to take, it will not be amiss if I try to secure the reader's interest in the following...

Newly illustrated by German artist Sylvia Burghold. This book contains 26 illustrations. After dark is a collection of six short stories by William Wilkie Collins, first published in 1856. It was the author's first collection of short stories. Five of the stories were previously...

Before I begin, by the aid of my wife's patient attention and ready pen, to relate any of the stories which I have heard at various times from persons whose likenesses I have been employed to take, it will not be amiss if I try to secure the reader's interest in the following...




Wikie Collin's "After Dark" is a collection of six short stories. The book is a series of tales told by a poor travelling portrait-painter, William Kerby, who is forced to abandon his profession for six months in order to save his sight. The tales are stories of adventure, well...

After Dark is a collection of six short stories by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1856. It was the author's first collection of short stories. Five of the stories were previously published in Household Words, a magazine edited by Charles Dickens. The stories...



After Dark is a collection of six short stories by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1856. It was the author's first collection of short stories. Five of the stories were previously published in Household Words, a magazine edited by Charles Dickens. The stories...

After Dark is Wilkie Collins's first collection of six short stories, published in 1856. Collins provides a narrative framework, 'Leaves from Leah's Diary', set in 1827. Leah Kerby's husband, William, is a poor travelling portrait-painter forced to abandon his profession for...


The stories are linked by a narrative framework. At the beginning and end of the book are "Leaves from Leah's Diary" William Kerby, a travelling portrait-painter, is in danger of losing his sight, and is required by his doctor to cease painting for a while. His wife...

Venture into the shadows with Wilkie Collins's "After Dark," a captivating collection of mystery and detective fiction that masterfully blends elements of the gothic novel and psychological thriller. This meticulously prepared edition brings Collins's 19th-century short stories...

Venture into the shadows with Wilkie Collins's "After Dark," a captivating collection of mystery and detective fiction that masterfully blends elements of the gothic novel and psychological thriller. This meticulously prepared edition brings Collins's 19th-century short stories...

Wilkie Collins was an English writer best known for writing mystery novels. Collins was also a good friend of Charles Dickens and often collaborated with him on plays and short stories. Some of Collins' classics include The Moonstone, Armadale, and No Name, but this was also...

After Dark is Wilkie Collins's first collection of six short stories previously published in Household Words, a magazine edited by Charles Dickens. Collins provides a narrative framework, 'Leaves from Leah's Diary'. William Kerby, a portrait-painter, is in danger of losing his...



Wikie Collin's "After Dark" is a collection of six short stories. The book is a series of tales told by a poor travelling portrait-painter, William Kerby, who is forced to abandon his profession for six months in order to save his sight. Descriptions of the circumstances under...

Wikie Collin's "After Dark" is a collection of six short stories. The book is a series of tales told by a poor travelling portrait-painter, William Kerby, who is forced to abandon his profession for six months in order to save his sight. Descriptions of the circumstances under...