Wilkie COLLINS
William Wilkie Collins.
Born on 8 January 1824 in London, England.
Died on 23 September 1889 in London.
Wikipedia: English,
French.
Categories: Novels,
Short Stories,
Christmas Books,
Theatre,
Non-Fiction.
NOVELS
Antonina, or The fall of Rome (1850).
Subtitle: A romance of the fifth century. Published by Richard Bentley, London, in February 1850.
English: 1850, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Bentley; 1st edition);
1850, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Bentley; 2nd edition, revised);
1861 (London: Low);
1863, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1865 (London: Smith and Elder);
1874 (New York: Harper);
1875 (London: Chatto and Windus; illustrated);
1889 (London: Chatto and Windus);
1893 (New York: Harper);
1896 (London: Chatto and Windus).
Basil (1852).
Subtitle: A story of modern life. Published by Richard Bentley, London, in November 1852.
English: 1852, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Bentley);
1856 (London: Blackwood);
1862 (London: Low);
1862 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1865 (London: Smith and Elder);
1866 (London: Smith and Elder);
1874 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1875 (London: Chatto and Windus; illustrated);
1893 (New York: Harper; illustrated).
French: Basil (Marie-Thérèse Carton-Piéron, 2001).
Hide and seek (1854).
Published by Richard Bentley, London, in June 1854. Revised in 1861 as Hide and seek, or The mystery of Mary Grice.
English: 1854, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Bentley);
1856, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1861 (London: Low; revised edition);
c. 1863 (Philadelphia: Peterson; pirate edition);
1874 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1876 (London: Chatto and Windus; illustrated).
French: Cache-cache, ou Le mystère de Marie Gryce (Camille de Cendrey, 1877);
• Cache-cache (Alice Neville, 2000).
A rogue’s life, written by himself (1856).
Serialised anonymously in Household Words from 1 to 29 March 1856, in five instalments. Collected in Novels and tales reprinted from Household Words, vol. 1, published by Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, in 1856. Published as a single book by D. Appleton, New York, in April 1879, in a revised version, as A rogue’s life, from his birth to his marriage by Wilkie Collins, with introductory words by the author.
English: 1 March,
8 March,
15 March,
22 March and
29 March 1856 (Household Words);
1856 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1879 (New York: Appleton);
1894 (London: Chatto and Windus);
1903 (London: Unit Library).
French: Une belle canaille (Éric Chédaille, 2004).
The dead secret (1857).
Serialised in Household Words from 3 January to 13 June 1857. Published in book form by Bradbury and Evans, London, in 1857.
English: 3 January 1857 (Household Words; first instalment);
1857, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (London: Bradbury and Evans);
1857, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1857 (New York: Miller and Curtis);
1862 (London: Low);
1874 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1875 (London: Chatto and Windus; illustrated);
1893 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1906 (London: Chatto and Windus);
1908 (New York: Scribner; illustrated).
French: Le secret (Émile Daurand Forgues, 1858);
• Secret absolu (Marie-Thérèse Carton-Piéron, 2002).
The woman in white (1859–1860).
Serialised in All the Year Round from 26 November 1859 to 25 August 1860. Published in book form by Sampson Low, London, in 1860.
English: 26 November 1859 (All the Year Round; first instalment);
1860, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Low; 3rd edition);
1860, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Low; 6th edition);
1860 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1860, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1861 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1863 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1865 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1871 (London: Smith and Elder);
1873 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1875 (London: Chatto and Windus; illustrated);
1889 (London: Chatto and Windus);
1893 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1896 (London: Chatto and Windus).
French: La femme en blanc, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Émile Daurand Forgues, 1861, ed. 1863);
• La dame en blanc (G. de Maret, 1947);
• La dame en blanc (Lucienne Lenob, 1959, ed. 1995, revised and completed; revised by Arthur Degeorges in 2013).
No name (1862).
Serialised in All the Year Round from 15 March 1862 to 17 January 1863, and in Harper’s Weekly from 15 March 1862 to 24 January 1863. Published in book form by Sampson Low, London, in December 1862.
English: 15 March 1862 (All the Year Round; first instalment);
15 March 1862 (Harper’s Weekly; first instalment, illustrated);
1862, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Low);
1863 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1863, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1864 (London: Low);
1865 (London: Smith and Elder);
1874 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1893 (New York: Harper; illustrated).
French: Sans nom, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Émile Daurand Forgues, 1863).
Armadale (1864–1866).
Serialised in The Cornhill Magazine from November 1864 to June 1866, and in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine from December 1864 to July 1866. Published in book form by Smith and Elder, London, in May 1866; second edition in June 1866.
English: November and
December 1864,
January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November and
December 1865,
January,
February,
March,
April,
May and
June 1866 (The Cornhill Magazine; illustrated);
1866, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (London: Smith and Elder; 2nd edition, illustrated);
1866 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1866, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1869 (London: Smith and Elder; illustrated);
1874 (New York: Harper; illustrated).
French: Armadale, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Emma Allouard, 1867).
The moonstone (1868).
Subtitle: A romance. Serialised in All the Year Round and in Harper’s Weekly from 4 January to 8 August 1868. Published in book form by Tinsley Brothers, London, in July 1868.
English: 4 January 1868 (All the Year Round; first instalment);
4 January 18682 (Harper’s Weekly; first instalment, illustrated);
1868, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Tinsley);
1868 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1868, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1871 (London: Smith and Elder; revised);
1873 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1874 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1875 (London: Chatto and Windus; illustrated).
French: La pierre de lune (Marguerite de Vaudreuil, 1872; revised by Isabelle Viéville Degeorges in 2013);
• La pierre de lune (Lucienne Lenob, c. 1950).
Man and wife (1869–1870).
Subtitle: A novel. Serialised in Cassell’s Magazine from 20 November 1869 to 30 July 1870, and in Harper’s Weekly from 20 November 1869 to 6 August 1870. Published in book form by F. S. Ellis, London, in June 1870.
English: 1870, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: F. S. Ellis; 1st edition);
1870, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: F. S. Ellis; 3rd edition);
1870 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1870, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1871 (London: Smith and Elder);
1871 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1874 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1875 (London: Chatto and Windus; illustrated);
1893 (New York: Harper; illustrated).
French: Mari et femme, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Charles Bernard-Derosne, 1873);
• Mari et femme (Éric Chédaille, 2003).
Poor Miss Finch (1871–1872).
Subtitle: A domestic story (serialised, and Chatto and Windus). Alternate subtitle: A novel. Serialised in Cassell’s Magazine and in Harper’s Weekly from 2 September 1871 to 24 February 1872. Published in book form by Richard Bentley, London, in January 1872.
English: 2 September 1871 (Harper’s Weekly; first instalment, illustrated);
1872, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Bentley);
1872 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1872, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1873 (London: Bentley);
1874 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1875 (London: Chatto and Windus; illustrated);
1893 (New York: Harper; illustrated).
French: Pauvre Lucile ! (anonymous, 1876; revised and completed by Frédéric Klein in 2005 as Pauvre Miss Finch : Une histoire de famille).
The new Magdalen (1872–1873).
Subtitle: A novel. Serialised in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine from October 1872 to June 1873, and in Temple Bar from October 1872 to July 1873. Published in book form by Richard Bentley, London, in May 1873.
English: October,
November and
December 1872,
January,
February,
March,
April,
May and
June 1873 (Harper’s New Monthly Magazine);
October,
November and
December 1872,
January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June and
July 1873 (Temple Bar);
1873, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (London: Bentley);
1873 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1873, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1873 (Toronto: Hunter and Rose);
1874 (London: Bentley);
1875 (London: Chatto and Windus; illustrated);
1875 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1893 (New York: Harper; illustrated).
French: La morte vivante (Charles Bernard-Derosne, 1873);
• Passion et repentir (Éric Chédaille, 2007).
The law and the lady (1874–1875).
Subtitle: A novel. Serialised in The Graphic from 26 September 1874 to 13 March 1875, and in Harper’s Weekly from 10 October 1874 to 27 March 1875. Published in book form by Chatto and Windus, London, in February 1875.
English: 26 September 1874 (The Graphic; first instalment, illustrated);
10 October 1874 (Harper’s Weekly; first instalment, illustrated);
1875, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Chatto and Windus);
1875 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1875, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1875 (Toronto: Hunter and Rose);
1876 (London: Chatto and Windus; illustrated);
1893 (New York: Harper; illustrated).
French: La piste du crime, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Camille de Cendrey, 1875, ed. 1876);
• Seule contre la loi (Éric Chédaille, 1999).
The two destinies (1875–1876).
Subtitle: A romance. Alternate subtitle: A novel. Serialised in Harper’s Bazar from 25 December 1875 to 9 September 1876, and in Temple Bar from January to September 1876. Published in book form by Chatto and Windus, London, in August 1876.
English: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August and
September 1876 (Temple Bar);
1876, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (London: Chatto and Windus);
1876 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1876 (New York: Harper; two columns, illustrated);
1876 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1876 (Toronto: Hunter and Rose);
1878 (London: Chatto and Windus);
1893 (New York: Harper; illustrated);
1899 (New York: Harper; illustrated).
French: Les deux destinées (Alfred Hédouin, 1877, ed. 1878);
• Les deux destinées (G. de Maret, 1950).
The haunted hotel (1878).
Subtitle: A mystery of modern Venice. Serialised in Belgravia from June to November 1878, and in Rose-Belford’s Canadian Monthly and National Review from July to December 1878. Published in book form by Chatto and Windus, London, in November 1878, dated 1879.
English: June,
July,
August,
September,
October and
November 1878 (Belgravia; illustrated);
July,
August,
September,
October,
November and
December 1878 (Canadian Monthly);
1878 (Toronto: Rose-Belford);
1878 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1879, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (London: Chatto and Windus; illustrated).
French: L’hôtel hanté (Henry Dallemagne, 1881, ed. 1889; also published as L’hôtel hanté : Un mystère de la Venise moderne; revised by Philippine Voltarino in 2017);
• L’hôtel de l’angoisse (anonymous, 1975).
The fallen leaves (1879).
Serialised in The World from 1 January to 23 July 1879, in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper from 11 January to 2 August 1879, and in Rose-Belford’s Canadian Monthly and National Review from February 1879 to March 1880. Published in book form by Chatto and Windus, London, in July 1879.
English: 11 January 1879 (Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper; first instalment, illustrated);
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November and
December 1879,
January,
February and
March 1880 (Canadian Monthly);
1879, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Chatto and Windus);
1879, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1879 (Toronto: Rose-Belford);
1880 (London: Chatto and Windus).
Jezebel’s daughter (1879–1880).
Serialised in several weekly periodicals from 13 September 1879 to 31 January 1880. Published in book form by George Munro, New York, in early 1880 (pirate edition), and by Chatto and Windus, London, in March 1880.
English: 1880, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Chatto and Windus);
1880, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz).
French: La fille de Jézabel (Henry Dallemagne, 1887).
The black robe (1880–1881).
Serialised in several weekly periodicals from 2 October 1880 to 26 March 1881. Also serialised in the Canadian Monthly from November 1880 to June 1881. Published in book form by George Munro, New York, in early 1881 (pirate edition), and by Chatto and Windus, London, in April 1881.
English: November and
December 1880,
January,
February,
March,
April,
May and
June 1881 (Canadian Monthly);
1881, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Chatto and Windus);
1881, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1881 (London: Chatto and Windus).
French: La robe noire (Louis Toscq, 1947, ed. 2003, revised).
Heart and science (1882–1883).
Subtitle: A story of the present time. Serialised in The Manchester Weekly Times Supplement from 22 July 1882 to 13 January 1883, and in several other weekly periodicals from 22 July 1882 to 27 January 1883. Also serialised in the monthly Belgravia from August 1882 to June 1883. Published in book form by George Munro, New York, in early 1883 (pirate edition), and by Chatto and Windus, London, in April 1883.
English: August,
September,
October,
November and
December 1882,
January,
February,
March,
April,
May and
June 1883 (Belgravia);
1883, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Chatto and Windus);
1883, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1883 (Chicago: Bedford and Clarke);
1885 (Chicago: Bedford and Clarke).
“I say no”, or The love-letter answered (1883–1884).
Serialised in several weekly periodicals from 15 December 1883 to 12 July 1884. Also serialised in the monthly London Society from January to December 1884. Published in book form by Harper, New York, in July 1884, and by Chatto and Windus, London, in October 1884.
English: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November and
December 1884 (London Society);
1884 (New York: Harper);
1884, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Chatto and Windus);
1884, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1886 (New York: Harper);
1889 (London: Chatto and Windus);
1893 (New York: Harper);
1894 (London: Chatto and Windus).
French: Je dis non, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Camille Valdy, 1888).
The evil genius (1885–1886).
Subtitle: A domestic story. Serialised in several weekly periodicals from 31 October 1885 to 1 May 1886. Published in book form by Harper, New York, in May 1886, and by Chatto and Windus, London, in September 1886.
English: 1886, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Chatto and Windus);
1886, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1892 (London: Chatto and Windus).
The guilty river (1886).
Published by James Williams Arrowsmith, Bristol, in November 1886.
English: 1887 (New York: Harper);
1887 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz).
The legacy of Cain (1888).
Serialised in the Leigh Journal and Times from 17 February to 29 June 1888, and in several other weekly periodicals from 18 February to 7 July 1888. Published in book form by Chatto and Windus, London, in November 1888.
English: 1888, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz);
1889, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Chatto and Windus);
1889 (London: Chatto and Windus).
Blind love (unfinished, 1889).
Completed by Walter Besant. Serialised in The Illustrated London News and several other weekly periodicals from 6 July to 28 December 1889. Published in book form by Chatto and Windus, London, in January 1890.
English: 6 July 1889 (The Illustrated London News; first instalment);
1890, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (London: Chatto and Windus);
1890, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Leipzig: Tauchnitz).
French: C’était écrit ! (Hephell, 1892).
Ioalani, or Tahiti as it was (1999).
Written in 1844. Rejected by several London publishers in 1845. Published by Princeton University Press on 15 March 1999.
French: Iolani, ou Les maléfices de Tahiti (Julien Retaillaud, 2004).
SHORT STORIES
Volpurno, or The student (1843).
The last stage coachman (1843).
The twin sisters (1851).
The new dragon of Wantley (1851).
A passage in the life of Perugino Potts (1852).
A terribly strange bed (1852).
Nine o’clock! (1852).
Gabriel’s marriage (1853).
A stolen letter (1854).
Mad Monkton (1855).
Sister Rose (1855).
The dream woman (1855).
French: La femme des rêves (Camille de Cendrey, 1877, in Le Mercure Aptésien).
The yellow mask (1855).
Anne Rodway (1856).
The lady of Glenwith Grange (1853).
A fair penitent (1857).
The black cottage (1857).
The dead hand (1857).
The family secret (1857).
A plot in private life (1858).
Fauntleroy (1858).
The biter bit (1858).
The poisoned meal (1858).
Blow up with the brig! (1859).
The parson’s scruple (1859).
Memoirs of an adopted son (1861).
The cauldron of oil (1861).
The fatal cradle (1861).
Miss or Mrs? (1871).
A mad marriage (1874).
John Jago’s ghost (1874).
French: Le spectre d’Yago (Camille de Cendrey, 1876, in Journal des Villes et Campagnes).
The frozen deep (1874).
French: La mer glaciale (Camille de Cendrey, 1875, in Revue de France; revised by Marie-Thérèse Carton-Piéron in 2003).
Miss Jeromette and the clergyman (1875).
Mr Captain and the nymph (1876).
Miss Bertha and the Yankee (1877).
Mr Percy and the prophet (1877).
My lady’s money (1877).
Miss Mina and the groom (1878).
Mr Marmaduke and the minister (1878).
Mrs Zant and the ghost (1879).
The devil’s spectacles (1879).
Miss Morris and the stranger (1881).
Mr Cosway and the landlady (1881).
Mr Policeman and the cook (1881).
Fie! Fie! or The fair physician (1882).
Mr Lismore and the widow (1883).
Mr Lepel and the housekeeper (1884).
Mr Medhurst and the princess (1884).
Love’s random shot (1884).
The poetry did it (1885).
Victims of circumstances: A sad and brave life (1886).
Victims of circumstances: Farmer Fairweather (1886).
Victims of circumstances: The hidden cash (1886).
Miss Dulane and My Lord (1886).
The first officer’s confession (1884).
A little fable (fragment, 1996).
Created on 23 November 2023. Updated on 12 January 2024.
