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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-10 10:54 AM
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Can anyone recommend some Wilkie Collins books, of the mystery genre?
Edited on Thu Sep-30-10 10:56 AM by raccoon
I’ve read MOONSTONE, THE WOMAN IN WHITE, and NO NAME.

I’m sure lots of his works are on Project Gutenberg, and other places.

(That’s one of the great things about the Internet—used to be you had to go to a college library to get his lesser known works.)

Oh, by the way, I'd recommend those I've read.




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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-10 11:07 AM
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1. That man was a Laudanum addict!
And I daresay planned to murder our beloved Charles Dickens!!!
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-10 11:12 AM
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2. I am shocked--shocked. His works should be banned! :silly: nt
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-10 12:40 PM
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4. Here's his mysteries....
http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/C_Authors/Collins_Wilkie.html

This site only has mysteries. I practically live here.
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-10 12:36 PM
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Raccoon, here's what I can get thru interlibrary loan in Michigan - it's easy to do, but takes a week or so till the book comes to my library for pickup.

http://elibrary.mel.org/search~S15?/aCollins%2C+Wilkie/acollins+wilkie/1%2C3%2C464%2CB/exact&FF=acollins+wilkie+1824+1889&1%2C457%2C/indexsort=-

This is a link that shows what's available. Don't know where you live, but your librarian would know how to connect you up in your state.
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-10 12:42 PM
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5. Thanks for both links you posted! nt
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-10 08:14 PM
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6. I have tried, and tried, and tried to read "The Woman in White"
I have no idea what is wrong with me, but I can't do it. By page 10 I'm done. Every single time. :shrug:
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-10 11:02 PM
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7. I cheated...saw the movie & skipped the book (eom)
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 01:36 AM
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8. I liked it a lot better than The Moonstone
although I thought that the main character chose the wrong sister to marry.
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