After Dark (1856) by: William Wilkie Collins. ( collection of six short stories ) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781542989916)

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868). The last is considered the first modern English detective novel. Born into the family of painter William Collins in London, he lived with his family in Italy and France as a child and learned French and Italian. He worked as a clerk for a tea merchant. After his first novel, Antonina, was published in 1850, he met Charles Dickens, who became a close friend, mentor and collaborator. Some of Collins's works were first published in Dickens' journals All the Year Round and Household Words and the two collaborated on drama and fiction.

Author: William Wilkie Collins
ISBN-10: 1542989914
ISBN-13: 9781542989916
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/08/2017
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.46d