The Fallen Leaves: Wilkie Collins Top Collections
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CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
Mr. Hethcote was the first to speak again.
BOOK THE SECOND. AMELIUS IN LONDON
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
BOOK THE THIRD. MRS. FARNABY'S FOOT
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
Amelius rose impulsively from his chair.
CHAPTER 3
The young lady spoke first.
CHAPTER 4
BOOK THE FOURTH. LOVE AND MONEY
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
BOOK THE FIFTH. THE FATAL LECTURE
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
BOOK THE SIXTH. FILIA DOLOROSA
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
The landlady of the lodgings decided what was to be done.
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
"Rufus! I don't quite like the way you look at me. You seem to think—"
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
BOOK THE SEVENTH. THE VANISHING HOPES
CHAPTER 1
Two days later, Amelius moved into his cottage.
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
"Let me see the blister," said Amelius.
CHAPTER 6
Toff returned to the cottage, with the slippers and the stockings.
BOOK THE EIGHTH. DAME NATURE DECIDES
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
"Where has he been found?" Amelius asked, snatching up his hat.
CHAPTER 5
The last dreary days of November came to their end.
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
Early the next morning, Rufus rang at the cottage gate.
CHAPTER 9
Toff was the first who recovered himself.
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
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About the author
William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866), and The Moonstone (1868).
Collins was born into the family of painter William Collins in London. He received his early education at home from his mother, after which he attended an academy and a private boarding school. He also traveled with his family to Italy and France, and learned the French and Italian languages. He served as a clerk in the firm of the tea merchants Antrobus & Co.
His first novel Iolani, or Tahiti as It Was; a Romance, was rejected by publishers in 1845. His next novel, Antonina, was published in 1850. In 1851, he met Charles Dickens, and the two became close friends. A number of Collins' works were first published in Dickens' journals All the Year Round and Household Words. The two collaborated on several dramatic and fictional works, and some of Collins' plays were performed by Dickens' acting company.
Collins published his best known works in the 1860s, achieving financial stability and an international reputation. During this time he began suffering from gout and developed an addiction to opium, which he took (in the form of laudanum) for pain. He continued to publish novels and other works throughout the 1870s and '80s, but the quality of his writing declined along with his health. He died in 1889.
