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In this 1874 novella by Wilkie Collins, the celebrated British writer of sensation fiction tells the tale of two brothers sentenced to be executed for having committed a murder that never occurred, and of the energetic Naomi Colebrook's efforts to ferret out the truth and save... Read Full Overview

I saw the two shadowy figures slowly pacing backward and forward in the moonlight, the woman a little in advance of the man. What was he saying to her? Why was he so anxious that not a word of it should be heard? Our presentiments are sometimes, in certain... Read Full Overview

The Dead Alive, also called John Jago's Ghost, is a novella written in 1874 by Wilkie Collins based on the Boorn Brothers murder case.It was reprinted with a side-by-side examination of the case by Rob Warden in 2005 by Northwestern Press.The Dead Alive was presented on Suspense... Read Full Overview

On the evidence of The Dead Alive, Scott Turow writes in his foreword that Wilkie Collins might well be the first author of a legal thriller. Here is the lawyer out of sorts with his profession; the legal process gone awry; even a touch of romance to soften the rigors... Read Full Overview

I had chosen the voyage to America in preference to any other trip by sea, with a special object in view. A relative of my mother's had emigrated to the United States many years since, and had thriven there as a farmer. He had given me a general invitation to visit him if I ever... Read Full Overview

The Dead Alive, also called John Jago's Ghost, is a novella written in 1874 by Wilkie Collins based on the Boorn Brothers murder case.

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright and short story writer best known for... Read Full Overview

Wilkie Collins: John Jagos Geist. Eine Kriminalerz hlung The Dead Alive, auch John Jago's Ghost. Erstdruck: London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1874. Hier nach der anonymen deutschen berestzung, Berlin, Verlag von Otto Janke, 1875. Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth... Read Full Overview

Wilkie Collins: John Jagos Geist. Eine Kriminalerz hlung The Dead Alive, auch John Jago's Ghost. Erstdruck: London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1874. Hier nach der anonymen deutschen berestzung, Berlin, Verlag von Otto Janke, 1875. Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth... Read Full Overview

Step into a world of shadows and secrets in Wilkie Collins's gripping novel, "The Dead Alive." This classic of detective and gothic fiction plunges into a complex web of mystery, where the line between justice and deception blurs. A tense legal thriller unfolds as an attorney... Read Full Overview

In a quiet American village, a shocking crime disrupts the community.

Amidst a tangled web of suspicion and secrets, two brothers stand accused of murder. Yet, the missing victim's shadow looms larger than ever.

Can love, loyalty, and courage uncover the... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: The Dead Alive by Wilkie Collins

Reproduction of the original: The Dead Alive by Wilkie Collins

"The Dead Alive" from Wilkie Collins. English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories (1824-1889).

The Dead Alive, also called John Jago's Ghost, is a novella written in 1874 by Wilkie Collins based on the Boorn Brothers murder case.

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright and short story writer best known for... Read Full Overview

The Dead Alive, also called John Jago's Ghost, is a novella written in 1874 by Wilkie Collins based on the Boorn Brothers murder case.

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright and short story writer best known for... Read Full Overview

The Dead Alive, also called John Jago's Ghost, is a novella written in 1874 by Wilkie Collins based on the Boorn Brothers murder case.

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright and short story writer best known for... Read Full Overview