Wilkie Collins

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Matthew Sweet.

The Woman in White

The moonstone

The Haunted Hotel

No name

Beyazli Kadin

The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins Volume 1

The Moonstone

The woman in white - A romantic mysterious story

Dorothy Goldman

Basil

The Lady of Glenwith Grange

The legendary Moonstone diamond is presented to Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. Looted by Rachel’s uncle from an Indian temple, it is said to carry a curse. Staked out in the grounds surrounding Rachel’s country house, a band of Hindu Brahmins watch and wait for an opportunity to restore the Moonstone to its rightful place. When the gem disappears overnight, suspicion falls upon the Brahmins, but then Inspector Cuff of Scotland Yard arrives and begins to unwrap a mystery as fascinating as it is complex.T.S. Eliot declared The Moonstone (1868) 'the first and greatest of English detective novels'.

Heart and Science (Broadview Literary Texts)

Considered one of the mystery genre's greatest novels, The Woman in White was first serialized from 1859 to 1860. Published as a book in 1860, it was among the first mystery novels. Setting the stage for other works of mystery fiction, The Woman in White is an early detective story starring Walter Hartright, a young art teacher from London who works to find the true identity of a mysterious woman in white who appears to be in deep trouble.

An exploration of 'destined spirits' and supernatural visions, with a romantic twist.

The Two Destinies

Joseph Conrad

Rudyard Kipling

Agatha Christie

Emmuska Orczy Orczy, Baroness

The Ultimate British Mystery Megapack FIVE MYSTERIES FOR ONE LOW PRICE! THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES By Agatha Christie Agatha Christie introduces the world to her detective extraordinaire Hercule Poirot in this 'cozy mystery' classic. 'Styles' was Christie's first published novel, introducing not only the Belgian super-sleuth but also Inspector (later, Chief Inspector) Japp, and Arthur Hastings. When we first meet Poirot, a Belgian refugee of the Great War, he is settling in England near the home of Emily Cavendish, who helped him to his new life. His friend Hastings arrives as a guest at her home. When a woman is killed, Poirot uses his detective skills to solve the mystery. THE SECRET AGENT By Joseph Conrad Few people realize that Joseph Conrad invented the terrorist-spy genre in 1907 with his novella The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale. The Secret Agent was one of the “the three works of literature most cited in the American media" around the two weeks following September 11, 2001.” The story is set in London in 1886 and deals largely with the life of Mr. Verloc and his job as a spy. 'The Secret Agent' is notable as one of Conrad's later political novels, which move away from his typical tales of seafaring. The novel deals broadly with the notions of anarchism, espionage, and terrorism and depicts the type of anarchist and revolutionary groups which sprouted up before many of the social uprisings of the early twentieth century. Recently, 'The Secret Agent' was ranked the 46th best novel of the 20th century by Modern Library. THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING By Rudyard Kipling Billy Fish: “He wants to know if you are gods.” Peachy Carnehan: “Not gods - Englishmen. The next best thing.” Rudyard Kipling's 1888 novella 'The Man Who Would Be King' is an under-rated gem. The powerful story of lost treasure, love and human weakness was adapted into a Best Picture nominated movie in 1976 but has largely been forgotten by today's generation. A CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY By Baroness Orczy A Five Part Lady Molly Mystery! From the author of The Scarlet Pimpernell, comes a story featuring one of literature's first female detectives. Molly Robertson-Kirk a.k.a. Lady Molly shares the same mental prowess as C. Auguste Dupin and Sherlock Holmes but brings a woman's wit to the table making for a formidable crime buster. Join her as she solves the murder of Major Ceeley on Christmas Eve in Inverness, Scotland. THE DEAD SECRET By Wilkie Collins The secret of the title is the parentage of the heroine, Rosamund Treverton, who has been passed off as the daughter of the wealthy former actress Mrs Treverton of Porthgenna Tower, but is in fact the illegitimate child of her servant Sarah Leeson by a local miner (Mrs Treverton's motive was to provide her husband with a child, being apparently unable to bear children herself). Sarah writes down the details of the secret from the words of the dying Mrs Treverton, and hides the paper bearing the message in an unused room at Porthgenna. Much of the novel is set in Cornwall, one of Collins' favourite English counties, which also features in his early melodrama 'Basil.'

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