Wilkie Collins is a classic of English literature of the 19th century, one of the most famous writers of the Victorian era. The novels “The Woman in White” and “The Moonstone,” published in Charles Dickens’s magazine “All the Year Round,” literally drove the whole of Europe crazy. A master of intrigue and captivating plot, Wilkie Collins captivated his readers with a skillful combination of two popular genres: melodrama and gothic detective story.
This edition includes two works that, along with the novel “The Woman in White,” brought the author wide fame.
The novel “The Moonstone” tells the story of a huge sacred diamond stolen from India. Strict logic here is intertwined with romance, and the everyday life of Victorian England with Indian exoticism.
“When Night Falls” is a complex novel, published in Russian for the first time in its entirety. Six fascinating stories, full of secrets and tension, are collected by the author into a single picture worthy of taking a place among the most exquisite works of classic English literature.
Author: Wilkie Collins
Translation: Anastasia Brodotskaya, Marietta Shaginyan
Pages: 832 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 217x150x39 mm
Series: Foreign literature. Big books
