After Dark de Wilkie Collins

After Dark

Wilkie Collins

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 Leah realizes that destitution threatens. He is a good story-teller, and Leah has the idea of writing down his stories and publishing them.

Each story has a prologue, which was added to the original story that appeared in Household Words.

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Paperback (16)	55^.56 lei 22-36 zile
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CREATESPACE –	61^.92 lei 22-36 zile
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CREATESPACE –	110^.76 lei 22-36 zile
Echo Library – 11 sep 2005	110^.80 lei 22-36 zile
CREATESPACE –	111^.33 lei 22-36 zile
CREATESPACE –	116^.38 lei 22-36 zile
CREATESPACE –	130^.23 lei 22-36 zile
–	139^.31 lei 22-36 zile
–	146^.85 lei 22-36 zile
Prince Classics – 7 iul 2019	162^.93 lei 38-44 zile
Throne Classics – 6 aug 2019	165^.40 lei 38-44 zile
HardPress Publishing – 18 aug 2019	177^.74 lei 38-44 zile
Goldberg Press – 14 dec 2012	202^.58 lei 43-57 zile
TREDITION CLASSICS – 31 oct 2011	251^.75 lei 43-57 zile
Hardback (3)	173^.48 lei 43-57 zile
Alicia Editions – 10 iun 2020	173^.48 lei 43-57 zile
Prince Classics – 7 iul 2019	236^.00 lei 38-44 zile
Throne Classics – 6 aug 2019	239^.66 lei 38-44 zile

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Express

Paperback (16)

55^.56 lei 22-36 zile

CREATESPACE –

55^.56 lei 22-36 zile

CREATESPACE –

61^.92 lei 22-36 zile

–

103^.24 lei 43-57 zile

–

106^.98 lei 43-57 zile

CREATESPACE –

110^.76 lei 22-36 zile

Echo Library – 11 sep 2005

110^.80 lei 22-36 zile

CREATESPACE –

111^.33 lei 22-36 zile

CREATESPACE –

116^.38 lei 22-36 zile

CREATESPACE –

130^.23 lei 22-36 zile

–

139^.31 lei 22-36 zile

–

146^.85 lei 22-36 zile

Prince Classics – 7 iul 2019

162^.93 lei 38-44 zile

Throne Classics – 6 aug 2019

165^.40 lei 38-44 zile

HardPress Publishing – 18 aug 2019

177^.74 lei 38-44 zile

Goldberg Press – 14 dec 2012

202^.58 lei 43-57 zile

TREDITION CLASSICS – 31 oct 2011

251^.75 lei 43-57 zile

Hardback (3)

173^.48 lei 43-57 zile

Alicia Editions – 10 iun 2020

173^.48 lei 43-57 zile

Prince Classics – 7 iul 2019

236^.00 lei 38-44 zile

Throne Classics – 6 aug 2019

239^.66 lei 38-44 zile

Notă biografică

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright and short story writer best known for The Woman in White (1859) and The Moonstone (1868). Born to the family of a painter, William Collins, in London, he grew up in Italy and France, learning French and Italian. He began work as a clerk for a tea merchant. After his first novel, Antonina, appeared in 1850, he met Charles Dickens, who became a close friend and mentor. Some of Collins's works appeared first in Dickens's journals All the Year Round and Household Words and they collaborated on drama and fiction. In May of 1851 Collins acted with Dickens in Edward Bulwer-Lytton's play Not So Bad As We Seem. Among the audience were Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Collins's story "A Terribly Strange Bed," his first contribution to Household Words, appeared in April, 1852. In May 1852 he went on tour with Dickens's company of amateur actors, again performing Not So Bad As We Seem, but with a more substantial role. Collins achieved financial stability and an international following with his best known works in the 1860s, but began suffering from gout. Taking opium for the pain grew into an addiction. In the 1870s and 1880s his writing quality declined with his health. Collins was critical of the institution of marriage: he split his time between Caroline Graves and his common-law wife Martha Rudd, with whom he had three children.