The Guilty River: Wilkie Collins Top Collections
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ON THE WAY TO THE RIVER
CHAPTER II
THE RIVER INTRODUCES US
CHAPTER III
HE SHOWS HIMSELF
CHAPTER IV
HE EXPLAINS HIMSELF
CHAPTER V
HE BETRAYS HIMSELF
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VIII
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EXTRACTS FROM A DEAF MAN'S DIARY
CHAPTER VI
THE RETURN OF THE PORTFOLIO
CHAPTER VII
THE BEST SOCIETY
CHAPTER VIII
THE DEAF LODGER
CHAPTER IX
MRS ROYLAKE'S GAME: FIRST MOVE
CHAPTER X
WARNED!
CHAPTER XI
WARNED AGAIN!
CHAPTER XII
WARNED FOR THE LAST TIME!
CHAPTER XIII
THE CLARET JUG
CHAPTER XIV
GLOODY SETTLES THE ACCOUNT
CHAPTER XV
THE MILLER'S HOSPITALITY
CHAPTER XVI
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION
CHAPTER XVII
UTTER FAILURE
CHAPTER XVIII
THE MISTRESS OF TRIMLEY DEEN
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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.
