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Wilkie Collins was an associate of Charles Dickens. The first 20 years of
Collins' career overlapped the last 20 years of Dickens' career and many of
Collins novels were first published as serials in Dickens' literary magazines,
Household Words and All the Year Round.
Like Edgar Allan Poe, Collins was an opium addict
(due to arthritis), and, like Poe, many of his stories tend to assume a darker
tone.
The Moonstone (1868)
Said to be the first detective story (and one of the longest) written in the
English language, The Moonstone is a tale about the theft of a large
and famous diamond. We present The Moonstone in three volumes (as it
was originally published).
The Moonstone, Volume I
by Wilkie Collins |
Size: 239 KB |
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The Moonstone, Volume II
by Wilkie Collins |
Size: 127 KB |
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The Moonstone, Volume III
by Wilkie Collins |
Size: 218 KB |
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There have been several adaptations of The Moonstone to video. One
recent adaptation was created by the BBC in 2005.
The Dead Alive (1873)
A short tale of murder in twelve chapters.
The Dead Alive
by Wilkie Collins |
Size: 68 KB |
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James Fenimore Cooper was one of America's earliest and most loved
authors. In his lifetime he wrote more than thirty novels.
For the pleasure of our readers and the fans of Mr. Cooper, we offer
all five installments in his Leatherstocking series. The novels
in that series include his most popular and widely-enjoyed works. The
five installments begin with The Pioneers and include
The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder,
and The Deerslayer. All five can be found
here.
The Red Badge of Courage (1895)
The Red Badge of Courage is Stephen Crane's tale of a young soldier in
the American Civil War.
The movie, directed by John Huston and starring Audie
Murphy, is available on DVD.
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane |
Size: 144 KB |
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The Open Boat (and other tales) (1898)
The Open Boat (and other tales) is a collection of four short novels by
Stephen Crane. The collection includes
- Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
- The Open Boat
- The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, and
- The Blue Hotel.
The Open Boat (and other tales)
by Stephen Crane |
Size: 150 KB |
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Crime and Punishment (1866)
A young man, the principal support of a sister and his widowed mother, suffers
through the depths of guilt and self-accusation after the commission of a
horrendous axe murder.
Crime and Punishment, Volume I
by Fyodor Dostoevsky |
Size: 315 KB |
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Crime and Punishment, Volume II
by Fyodor Dostoevsky |
Size: 296 KB |
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