After Dark (short story collection)

After Dark
Author Wilkie Collins
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Mystery fiction
Short stories
Publisher Smith, Elder & Co.
Publication date
1856
Media type Print (hardback)
OCLC 4341884

After Dark is a collection of six short stories by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1856. It was the author's first collection of short stories. Five of the stories were previously published in Household Words, a magazine edited by Charles Dickens.

Structure

The stories are linked by a narrative framework.

At the beginning and end of the book are "Leaves from Leah's Diary": William Kerby, a travelling portrait-painter, is in danger of losing his sight, and is required by his doctor to cease painting for a while. His wife Leah realizes that destitution threatens. He is a good story-teller, and Leah has the idea of writing down his stories and publishing them.

Each story has a prologue, which was added to the original story that appeared in Household Words.

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