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Remarks upon a late Discourse of free-thinking: in a letter to N. N. By Phileleutherus Lipsiensis. Part the second. 1725.. Digitized from IA40313608-79 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-guide-to-the-english-t_dyche-thomas_1734 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_mithridates-king-of-pon_lee-nathaniel_1726 .

A discourse of free-thinking, occasion'd by the rise and growth of a sect call'd free-thinkers. 1713.. Digitized from IA40313617-17 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-view-of-the-principal-_leland-john_1755 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_astro-theology-or-a-dem_derham-w-william_1715 .

Several tracts formerly published: now collected into one volume. Viz. I. A letter to the Reverend Mr. Fleetwood, ... VIII. Queries to the authors of the late discourse of free-thinking. 1713. To which are added, six sermons, never before publish'd: ... By Benjamin Hoadly, ... 1715.. Digitized from IA40313618-26 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_the-world-unmaskd-or-_huber-marie_1743_2 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_an-inquiry-into-the-orig_hutcheson-francis_1729 .

Remarks upon a late Discourse of free-thinking: in a letter to N. N. By Phileleutherus Lipsiensis. 1737.. Digitized from IA40316215-88 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_christianity-neither-fal_turnbull-george_1732 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_past-present-and-to-co_shipton-mother-ursula_1740 .

An answer to the discourse on free-thinking: wherein the absurdity and infidelity of the sect of Free-Thinkers is undeniably demonstrated. By a gentleman of Cambridge. 1713.. Digitized from IA40313305-04 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_the-regular-clergys-sol_sharpe-isaac_1712 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_the-church-of-england-vi_1716 .

Remarks upon a late Discourse of free-thinking: in a letter to F. H. D.D. By Phileleutherus Lipsiensis. 1714.. Digitized from IA40312801-88 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_the-high-church-address-_1710_0 .

A letter to the author of a discourse of free-thinking. Wherein the Christian religion is vindicated, ... By Daniel Williams, D.D. 1713.. Digitized from IA40316208-28 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_demosthenous-logoi-demeg_demosthenes_1755_2 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_the-first-fruits-of-the-_parsons-bartholomew_1701 .

Queries recommended to the authors of the late discourse of free thinking. By a Christian. 1713.. Digitized from IA40310406-18 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_articles-of-enquiry-upo_church-of-england-archd_1713 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_jepthas-rash-vow-or-t_1733 .

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Reflexions on an anonymous pamphlet, entituled, a discourse of free thinking. By William Whiston, M.A. 1713.. Digitized from IA40310308-49 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_thoughts-on-the-nature-o_1794 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_thoughts-concerning-the-_wesley-john_1772 .

With this is bound: A Treatise on the Roman Senate ... / by Conyers Middleton (London : Printed for R. Manby and H. S. Cox, 1747)

With this is bound: A Treatise on the Roman Senate ... / by Conyers Middleton (London : Printed for R. Manby and H. S. Cox, 1747)

An account of a discourse at the Græcian Coffee-House, on February the 11th 1712/13. Occasion'd by Dr. B-----y's answer to the Discourse of free-thinking. In a letter from George Paul, ... to Francis Dickins, ... 1713.. Digitized from IA40313303-27 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-letter-from-a-clergyma_clergyman-in-cork_1750 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_two-discourses-delivered_mayhew-jonathan_1760 .

Remarks upon a late Discourse of free-thinking: in a letter to N. N. By Phileleutherus Lipsiensis. 1725.. Digitized from IA40316211-74 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-sermon-delivered-befo_ogden-john-cosens_1790 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-sermon-occasionally-p_bentley-william-dd_1702 .

Mr. C-ns's discourse of free-thinking, put into plain English, by way of abstract, for the use of the poor. By a friend of the author. 1713.. Digitized from IA40313617-17 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_an-essay-on-truths-of-im_herport-rev-mr-buat_1768 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-view-of-the-principal-_leland-john_1754 .

A discourse of free-thinking, occasion'd by the rise and growth of a sect call'd free-thinkers. 1713.. Digitized from IA40310401-08 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_twenty-six-sermons-on-t_allen-joshua_1751_2 .

The clergyman's thanks to Phileleutherus, for his Remarks on the late Discourse of free-thinking. In a letter to Dr. Bentley. 1713.. Digitized from IA40316214-46 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_remarks-on-the-public-se_clergyman-of-the-church-_1768 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_the-cloisters-laid-open-_1770 .

The clergyman's thanks to Phileleutherus, for his Remarks on the late Discourse of free-thinking. In a letter to Dr. Bentley. 1713.. Digitized from IA40316214-46 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_remarks-on-the-public-se_clergyman-of-the-church-_1768 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_the-cloisters-laid-open-_1770 .

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A farther discourse of free-thinking: in a letter to a clergy-man. With some considerations on Mr. Pycroft's treatise upon the same subject. 1713.. Digitized from IA40313309-16 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_the-protestants-charge-a_fall-james_1746 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-modest-vindication-of-_earbery-matthias_1722 .

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1Moonstone

By Wilkie Collins

The story concerns a young woman called Rachel Verinder who inherits a large Indian diamond, the Moonstone, on her eighteenth birthday.<br /><br />The book is widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels. T. S. Eliot called it 'the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels'. It contains a number of ideas which became common tropes of the genre: a large number of suspects, red herrings, a crime being investigated by talented amateurs who happen to be present when it is committed, and two police officers who exemplify respectively the 'local bungler' and the skilled, professional, Scotland Yard detective. (Summary from Wikipedia)

2Woman in White

By Wilkie Collins

The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 1859-1860, and first published in book form in 1860. It is considered to be to the first mystery novel, and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the genre of ’sensation novels’….<br><br>The Woman in White is also an early example of a particular type of Collins narrative in which several characters in turn take up the telling of the story. This creates a complex web in which readers are unsure which narrator can, and cannot, be trusted. Collins used this technique in his other novels, including The Moonstone. This technique was copied by other novelists, including Bram Stoker, author of Dracula (1897), although by the end of the 19th century the technique was considered “old-fashioned”. (Summary from Wikipedia)

3No Thoroughfare

By Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens

Two boys from the Foundling Hospital are given the same name, with disastrous consequences in adulthood. Two associates, wishing to right the wrong, are commissioned to find a missing heir. Their quest takes them from fungous wine cellars in the City of London to the sunshine of the Mediterranean—across the Alps in winter. Danger and treachery would prevail were it not for the courage of the heroine and the faithful company servant. <br><br>The story contains crafted descriptions, well-drawn and diverse characters, eerie and exotic backgrounds, mystery, semi-concealed identities, brinkmanship with death, romance, the eventual triumph of Good over Evil, and many other elements expected in classic Dickens. <br><br>First published in 1867 there are thematic parallels with other books from Dickens' mature writings, including Little Dorrit (1857) and especially Our Mutual Friend (1865). The Listener will decide if this story yields insights into The Mystery of Edwin Drood (unfinished 1870). <br><br> Wilkie Collins collaborated with Charles Dickens to produce this ‘Christmas’ book and the stage play of the same name. In the book Collins assisted in Act 1 and Act 4; Collins scripted most of the stage play with Dickens’ assistance. If this book were released today it would be splashed "THE BOOK OF THE FILM". - Summary by Alan Chant.

Minnas neuer Reitknecht Michael kennt weder seine Mutter noch seinen Vater. Sie ist fasziniert von dem Mann, der versucht, das Beste aus seiner Situation zu machen und fühlt sich mehr zu ihm hingezogen, als es ihrem Stand entspricht. Sehr sonderbar ist das Benehmen von Minnas Tante Claudia gegenüber dem Reitknecht. Welches Geheimnis verbirgt sich hinter der Abneigung, die sie Michael gegenüber offensichtlich hegt? (Summary by Hokuspokus)

Die schöne Natalie Graybrooke liebt ihre Vetter Launcelot Linzie, doch ihr Vater, Sir Joseph Graybrooke, will sie mit seinem Geschäftsfreund Richard Turlington verheiraten. Weder ahnt er etwas von dessen dunkler Vergangenheit, noch weiß er, dass für Turlington die Hochzeit mit Natalie die einzige Möglichkeit ist, den Ruin seiner Firma abzuwenden. Da Natalie noch keine sechzehn Jahre alt ist, gibt es für die beiden Liebenden nur einen Ausweg, sie heiraten heimlich und müssen die Ehe bis zu Natalies sechzehntem Geburtstag geheim halten. Inzwischen macht Sir Joseph sein Testament und bestimmt den Mann, den er für seinen zukünftigen Schwiegersohn hält, zu seinem alleinigen Testamentsvollstrecker und Vermögensverwalter. Doch dann erfährt Turlington von der heimlichen Heirat. Alle seine Pläne sind gescheitert und er sieht seine letzte Rettung in Sir Josephs Testament. (Summary by Hokuspokus)

6Armadale

By Wilkie Collins

The novel has a convoluted plot about two distant cousins both named Allan Armadale. The father of one had murdered the father of the other (the two fathers are also named Allan Armadale). The story starts with a deathbed confession by the murderer in the form of a letter to be given to his baby son when he grows up. Many years are skipped over. The son, mistreated at home, runs away from his mother and stepfather, and takes up a wandering life under the assumed name of Ozias Midwinter." Summary from Wikipedia).

7House to Let

By Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter

<em>A House to Let</em> is a short story originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' <em>Household Words</em> magazine. Each of the contributors wrote a chapter (stories within a story, or, in the case of Adelaide Anne Procter, poetry) and the story was edited by Dickens, who also wrote the first and last chapters with Wilkie Collins. <br /><br />The plot concerns an elderly woman, Sophonisba, who notices signs of life in a supposedly empty dilapidated house (the eponymous "House to Let") opposite her own, and employs the efforts of an elderly admirer, Jabez Jarber, and her servant, Trottle, to discover what is happening within. (Summary by Ruth Golding and Wikipedia)

8No Name

By Wilkie Collins

The story begins in 1846, at Combe-Raven in West Somersetshire, the country residence of the happy Vanstone family. When Andrew Vanstone is killed suddenly in an accident and his wife follows shortly thereafter, it is revealed that they were not married at the time of their daughters' births, making their daughters "Nobody's Children" in the eyes of English law and robbing them of their inheritance. Andrew Vanstone's elder brother Michael gleefully takes possession of his brother's fortune, leaving his nieces to make their own way in the world. Norah, the elder sister, accepts her misfortune gracefully, but the headstrong Magdalen is determined to have her revenge. Using her dramatic talent and assisted by wily swindler Captain Wragge, Magdalen plots to regain her rightful inheritance. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia)

9Haunted Hotel, A Mystery of Modern Venice

By Wilkie Collins

A kind, good-hearted, genteel young woman jilted, a suspicious death or two that only a few think could be murder, strange apparitions appearing in an hotel all combine to create a horrifying conundrum. Who was the culprit and will finding out finally put an end to the mystery? (Summary by Kehinde)

10Frozen Deep

By Wilkie Collins

The Frozen Deep is a story of a love triangle between Clara, Frank and Richard, spiced up with dangerous expeditions, mysterious visions and life-threatening circumstances. The end is as surprising and unexpected as we are (or are not) accustomed to in Collins' books. (Summary by Diana Majlinger)

11Law and the Lady

By Wilkie Collins

Valeria Brinton marries Eustace Woodville despite objections from Woodville's family leading to disquiet for Valeria's own family and friends.<br><br>Just a few days after the wedding, various incidents lead Valeria to suspect her husband is hiding a dark secret in his past and she discovers that he has been using a false name. He refuses to discuss it leading them to curtail their honeymoon and return to London where Valeria learns that he was on trial for his first wife's murder by arsenic. He was tried in a Scottish court and the verdict was 'Not Proven' rather than 'not guilty' implying his guilt but without enough proof for a jury to convict him.<br><br>Valeria sets out to save their happiness by proving her husband innocent of the crime. In her quest, she comes across the disabled character Miserrimus Dexter, a fascinating but mentally unstable genius, and his devoted female cousin, Ariel. Dexter will prove crucial to uncovering the disturbing truth behind the mysterious death. (Introduction by Wikipedia)

12Guilty River

By Wilkie Collins

After his father’s death Gerard Roylake returns from Germany to take up his inheritance at Trimley Deen. On one evening he meets his childhood friend, Cristel Toller. They fall in love, but there is a crux. A deaf man, called The Lodger is obsessed with Cristel. He invites Gerard to tea with evil intentions… and Gerard accepts the invitation.<br /><br />The book is written in the first person and tells the story from Gerard's point of view. (Summary by Diana Majlinger)<br></br>Additional proof-listening by <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4946" target="_blank">Betty M.</a>

13Dead Alive

By Wilkie Collins

Ill feelings exist between the Meadowcroft sons and John Jago, the foreman of the Meadowcroft estate. Then, John Jago disappears, and a body is found in a kiln. The Meadowcroft brothers stand accused of the crime, but are they guilty? The Dead Alive is a novel written by Wilkie Collins based on the true-life Boorn Brothers murder conviction case of 1819. Jesse and Stephen Boorn were sentenced to death for the murder of their brother-in-law, but were they wrongly convicted? (Summary by M Z Spark, Phil, and Barry)

14I Say No

By Wilkie Collins

Emily Brown is an orphan girl that almost no one can help but love when they meet her. She is pursued by two worthy men: Mr. Alban Morris, the drawing master at her school; and Rev. Miles Mirabel, a clergyman. However, one of them is lying to her after she discovers that her father's death wasn't natural, as she was led to believe. (Introduction by TriciaG)

15Jezebel's Daughter

By Wilkie Collins

A brilliant chemist and a shrewd businessman — die on the same day. The widow of the chemist, Mrs. Fontaine, is left with the poisons he was researching , while Mrs. Wagner is left with her husband's mental health institution reforms and his plans for hiring women along with men in his firm's offices. Mrs. Wagner believes in treating madmen gently, and requests for the funny little man Jack Straw to be released from the madhouse. At the same time, her nephew David Glenney is sent to the Frankfurt office, where he works with Mr Engelmann and Mr Keller. The Keller sun, Fritz, has fallen in love with Minna Fontaine, but the prospect of marriage is not being approved of by his father because Madame Fontaine is said to be in debt after her husband's death.

16Black Robe

By Wilkie Collins

The church has lost out on a valuable piece of land through wars and transfers. Father Benwell is determined to reclaim that property by the conversion of the owner, Lewis Romayne. Enter beautiful Stella, who captures the heart of Romayne. Should Stella capture the love and devotion of Romayne, Father Benwell's scheme would fail, and that is something that he can not allow. Complicating things is the fact that both Romayne and Stella are hiding their own terrible secrets.<br></br>The Black Robe is an 1881 epistolary novel by famed English writer, Wilkie Collins. The book centers around the misadventures of Lewis Romayne, and is also noted for a perceived anti-Catholic bias (Summary by Mike Zane and Wikipedia)

17Poor Miss Finch

By Wilkie Collins

“Poor Miss Finch.” That is what everyone calls the courageous protagonist of this book. In other words, “poor thing, she’s blind, isn’t it awful?” Ha! Lucilla Finch is the wisest of all the characters, in spite of, and perhaps because of, her blindness. This story is about her trials, tribulations and triumphs. She reminds me of myself. Not the falling recklessly in love and being pulled this way and that by foolish young men and mad old doctors. I mean that, like her, I’m blind and proud of it! (Introduction by Sandra G)<br /><br /> Editing by TriciaG & Nadine Eckert-Boulet

18Basil

By Wilkie Collins

Basil, son of a father who values the family pedigree and who would not let him marry below his station, falls in love at first sight with a girl he sees on a bus. He stalks her and discovers she is Margaret Sherwin, only daughter of a linen draper. He stalks her and persuades her father to let him marry her secretly. He agrees on the condition, that, as his daughter is only seventeen, they live apart for the first year. At first the secret works, but then the mysterious Mannion, whose emotions cannot be read in his face, returns from abroad. On the last night of the year Basil follows Margaret and Mannion and discovers them in flagrante delicto. (Wikipedia)

Vertaling van het kerstverhaal van 1858. Het verhaal is geschreven in samenwerking met Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell en Adelaide Anne Procter. <br /><br /> Een oude vrouw, Sophonisba, gaat in Londen wonen. Tegenover haar tijdelijke woning staat een mysterieus huis reeds zeer lange tijd te huur. Een vriend, Jabez Jarber en een knecht, Trottle, proberen het mysterie van het lege huis voor haar te ontraadselen. (Introductie door Marcel Coenders)

Alle halten die Gesellschafterin Sara Leeson für eine rätselhafte Person. Nach dem Tod ihrer Herrin Mistreß Treverton versteckt sie einen Brief im unbewohnten Flügel des Herrenhauses und verschwindet spurlos.<br></br> 15 Jahre später ist die Tochter von Mistreß Treverton frisch verheiratet. Als sie erkrankt, wird eine Pflegerin aus der Nachbarschaft engagiert. Dieses macht sich durch ihr seltsames Verhalten und die übergroße Anteilnahme an ihrem Pflegling verdächtig. (Zusammenfassung von Hokuspokus)

"Everything in life has a price. May be, telling a Secret has the highest. However, not telling may be worse. What will Sarah choose? will she tell the Secret which destroyed her life?" (Summary by Stav Nisser)

Eine reiche Witwe heiratet einen Gentleman ohne Vermögen. Bald schon kommt es zum Streit zwischen den Eheleuten und der Mann verschwindet spurlos. Die Aussage der Kammerzofe ruft die Ermittlungsbehörden auf den Plan. <br><br> Die Erzählung ist im Original unter dem Titel "A Plot in Private Live" in "The Queen of Hearts" erschienen. (Zusammenfassung von Hokuspokus)

23Miss or Mrs.?

By Wilkie Collins

Natalie Graybrooke is in love with her cousin Launcelot Linzie, but engaged to Mr. Turlington, an older man who covets her fortune and whom she detests. Turlington is the executor of Natalie's father's estate. When Natalie secretly marries her cousin, Turlington arranges to have Natalie's father murdered, to gain control of his fortune. (Summary by Christine Dufour)

24Evil Genius

By Wilkie Collins

The Evil Genius, one of Wilkie Collins' last works, is subtitled "A Domestic Scene". It is the intriguing tale of family Linley, including the "evil genius", and their governess Sydney Westerfield. In colorful pictures, Collins presents the story of this family, which becomes entangled in the often hypocritical Victorian perceptions of morality and decency. (Summary by Carolin)

John Churton Collins was a literary critic who lived from 1848-1908. In 1904 John Collins became professor of English literature at Birmingham University (United Kingdom). He writes about the lives of English and German authors beginning with William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and ending with Alfred, Lord Tennyson(1809-1892). He wrote the book in response to On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, by Thomas Carlyle (1840). His son, L.C. Collins, collected these essays from various sources after his father's death. (Summary by Craig Campbell) <br/><br/> Additional proof-listening by Larry Wilson

26Two Destinies

By Wilkie Collins

Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesies. Destiny at first doesn't seem to adhere to this plan, and the pair is separated and lose sight of each other. But when George saves a young woman from drowning, a strong connection seems to develop between them, which seems to be almost supernatural.. - Summary by Carolin

27Queen of Hearts

By Wilkie Collins

The elderly Brothers Owen, Morgan and Griffith live a quiet, retired life in the countryside, which is turned upside-down by Griffith's ward, the young Jessie Yelverton. Originally, her visit to them was to last only six weeks, but for a very certain reason, the gentlemen must find a way to prolong her visit and get Jessie to stay for ten more days. To make her stay, they promise to tell her an entertaining and exciting story each night... - Summary by Carolin

28Rogue's Life

By Wilkie Collins

"[T]he story offers the faithful reflection of a very happy time in my past life. It was written at Paris, when I had Charles Dickens for a near neighbor and a daily companion, and when my leisure hours were joyously passed with many other friends, all associated with literature and art, of whom the admirable comedian, Regnier, is now the only survivor. The revising of these pages has been to me a melancholy task. I can only hope that they may cheer the sad moments of others. The Rogue may surely claim two merits, at least, in the eyes of the new generation—he is never serious for two moments together; and he "doesn't take long to read." W. C." - Summary from the Introductory Words

29Her Dark Inheritance

By Mrs. E. Burke Collins

A story of obsessive love and desperation that hid many secrets. This cliffhanger will keep you guessing until the very end. Summary by Sharon Kilmer

30Man and Wife

By Wilkie Collins

This 1870 novel by Wilkie Collins centers around a peculiarity of Scottish law of that time, according to which any man and woman 'who were legally entitled to marry and who asserted that they were married before witnesses, or in writing, were regarded in Scotland as being married in law.' This strange law causes the characters Arnold and Geoffrey both possibly accidentally marrying Anne, though one is engaged to another woman and the other is searching for a more wealthy wife to accommodate his lifestyle. In these circumstances, Anne needs to catch an actual husband in order to save her reputation... - Summary by Carolin and Wikipedia

31Hide and Seek

By Wilkie Collins

The artist Valentine Blyth has a very generous heart. He lovingly cares for his invalid wife, rescues a deaf orphan girl from maltreatment in a traveling circus and adopts her, and mentors a young man who gets in trouble with his tyrannical father. The girl, who received the nickname ‚Madonna’, falls in love with the young man, Zack. Because one of Valentine’s biggest fears is that Madonna’s blood relations will one day trace her and take her away from his home, he keeps the little that he knows of her origins a strict secret. One day, Zack befriends a mysterious stranger, who has just returned from years of rough life in the American wilderness. From that moment, the plot thickens, in mid-19th century dramatic style.<BR><BR> This is Wilkie Collins’ third published novel (1854, read from the 1861 edition). Summary by Anna Simon

When <i>Light on the Path</i> was first published in 1885, it became an important work for Theosophists and has remained so ever since. It offers advice for those who wish to follow a spiritual way of living, set out point by point in short sections for the reader. This edition also includes a chapter on karma to provide further guidance for the student of esoteric knowledge. - Summary by Newgatenovelist

33Blind Love

By Walter Besant and Wilkie Collins

Blind Love, also published under the titles <i>Iris</i> and <i>The Lord Harry</i> is Wilkie Collins' last novel, completed after his death by Walter Besant. The blind love in the title refers to the love of Iris, a woman of virtue, for the morally corrupt Henry Norland. She loves him despite all his faults, but she also does not realize the full extent of them. As in many of Wilkie Collins' novels, this book also tackles difficult social problems. In this case, the Irish Question and women's rights bring another layer to the narrative. - Summary by Carolin.

34Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time

By Wilkie Collins

Heart and Science is one of Wilkie Collins' didactic novels. It is the story of young doctor Ovid Vere, who fights for his love against all resistance of his family and their immediate circle of acquaintances. The novel features a large inheritance, a secret engagement, and an evil stepmother, but what makes the novel truly remarkable is that Wilkie Collins, who was always very fond of animals, speaks out in this volume against animal cruelty in the sciences. - Summary by Carolin

35Moonstone (version 2)

By Wilkie Collins

Said to be the first detective novel ever written, it is wonderful for its blending of the intrigues of romance with the conventional sleights of hand of the mystery novel. Marvellous also for its sensitive portrayal of traditionally outsider characters - the hunchbacked girl who dies for love, the dying Jewish doctor who enables resolution of the mystery, the tricky Hindu conjurors who only seek the restoration of their sacred gem. Hilarious at times, The Moonstone is also a deeply felt example of the storyteller's art. - Summary by Tony Addison

36Great Taxicab Robbery

By James H. Collins

In 1912, $25,000 was stolen during a bank transfer in New York City in broad daylight. In what may appear astonishing in today's world, the transfer occurred in a New York City taxicab. This factual account brings true crime of the early twentieth century to life. The various methods used by the detectives and police in their attempts to solve the mystery behind the robbery, and hopefully bring the thieves to justice, makes for great reading, particularly when one considers the fact that the accounts occurred over a century ago, and are quite authentic. Although the police now have higher technological advantages than was available over a century ago, the reader may find that many general techniques haven't changed all that much over the years. The characters involved with this true caper prove ingenious on both sides. ( Roger Melin)

37Woman in White - version 2

By Wilkie Collins

Possibly Wilkie Collins' most famous novel, The Woman In White remade the Gothic Horror novel by taking its characters and tropes and setting them in commonplace surroundings among "people like us", Featuring unforgettable characters such as the incomparable Count Fosco and the redoubtable Marion Halcombe (a woman for whom male Victorian readers politely inquired of Wilkie the address as they wanted to marry her), The Woman In White with its compassionate treatment of those suffering mental distress ought to be credited with having put the cause of mental health care a hundred years ahead - had not Jane Eyre with its madwoman in the attic been generally credited with the reverse. Read it for the female doubling central plot device alone - a rare feature in the writing of men about women. - Summary by Tony Addison

38After Dark

By Wilkie Collins

William Kerby is in danger of losing his sight, which would hit him especially hard as he is a painter. Only rest can preserve it, but a man must eat, and so he and his wife Leah look for other ways to generate a small income. Having travelled a good deal and having heard all kinds of stories on those journeys, William dictates six short stories to his wife, hoping that publishing a book might tide them over.. - Summary by Carolin