Little Novels
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Little Novels

Each a Meeting Between Two Strangers

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eBook - ePub

Little Novels

Each a Meeting Between Two Strangers

About this book

Fourteen stories from Collins's late years: a dead man's photograph, a nurse who sees what is coming, a marriage annulled by Scottish law, a mesmerist. He invented the detective novel with The Moonstone, worked deep in laudanum for the last twenty years, and kept two households without marrying either woman. These are the short, sharp pieces from the end — machinery stripped down to what makes it turn. Fifty-nine plates by painters including Tissot and Grimshaw, from river scenes and harbour lights to parting glances, catch the chance encounters and quiet partings these stories turn on.

Information

Publisher
Aeneas Press
Year
2026
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9785501274969
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Mrs. Zant and the Ghost
  4. II.
  5. III.
  6. IV.
  7. IX.
  8. XI.
  9. XIII.
  10. Miss Morris and the Stranger
  11. II.
  12. III.
  13. IV.
  14. V.
  15. VI.
  16. VII.
  17. Mr. Cosway and the Landlady
  18. II.
  19. Mr. Medhurst and the Princess
  20. II.
  21. IV.
  22. V.
  23. VI.
  24. VII.
  25. VIII.
  26. XI.
  27. Mr. Lismore and the Widow
  28. II.
  29. III.
  30. IV.
  31. V.
  32. VI.
  33. VII.
  34. VIII.
  35. IX.
  36. X.
  37. XI.
  38. Miss Jéromette and the Clergyman
  39. II.
  40. III.
  41. IV.
  42. V.
  43. VI.
  44. VII.
  45. VIII.
  46. IX.
  47. Miss Mina and the Groom
  48. II.
  49. III.
  50. IV.
  51. V.
  52. VI.
  53. VII.
  54. VIII.
  55. Mr. Lepel and the Housekeeper
  56. Mr. Captain and the Nymph
  57. III.
  58. IV.
  59. VII.
  60. VIII.
  61. Mr. Marmaduke and the Minister
  62. II.
  63. III.
  64. IV.
  65. V.
  66. VI.
  67. Chapter I. The Quack
  68. Chapter II. The Numbers
  69. Chapter III. The Consultation
  70. Chapter IV. The Man
  71. Chapter V. The Ballroom
  72. Chapter VI. Love
  73. Chapter VII. Politics
  74. Chapter VIII. The Warning
  75. Chapter IX. Official Secrets
  76. Chapter X. The Elopement
  77. Chapter XI. Pursuit and Discovery
  78. Miss Bertha and the Yankee
  79. II.
  80. III.
  81. IV.
  82. II.
  83. III.
  84. Part I. Two Remonstrations
  85. II.
  86. Part II. Platonic Marriage
  87. IV.
  88. Part III. News from the Colony
  89. Part IV. The Night Nurse
  90. Mr. Policeman and the Cook
  91. II.
  92. III.
  93. IV.
  94. V.
  95. VI.
  96. VII.
  97. VIII.
  98. About the Author

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