Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Wilkie Collins

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Wilkie Collins by Wilkie CollinsAuthor: Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Oct 13, 2018

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This is Project Gutenberg's index of Collins's works; it is not itself a novel or critical biography but a catalogue text serving as an entry point to his ebook world. Collins is known for sensation novels, and his works are numerous and exist in many editions. This index is arranged by Project Gutenberg number and title, helping readers quickly locate available texts and avoid repeated searching through bibliographic information. Its value lies in practical utility and edition clues rather than literary analysis; readers can use it to establish a reading order and then turn to specific works. Because the index is brief in format and provides no summaries or evaluations, first-time readers must judge for themselves which work to begin with. It is best used as a search tool alongside a reliable introduction to Collins's works.

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Does this index contain the full texts of Collins's novels?

No. It is an index of titles in Project Gutenberg's Collins collection, mainly listing the titles and numbers of available texts; the full texts must be downloaded or read separately by following the index. It is more accurately understood as a library catalogue than as the books themselves.

If I am unfamiliar with Collins, can I start reading directly from this index?

Yes, but you will obtain only bibliographic information and no sense of the works' content. It is better to use a reliable author introduction to identify one or two representative works, then return to the index to find the corresponding electronic texts; this makes the reading path clearer.

How does the index's arrangement help with searching?

It presents Collins's works together according to Project Gutenberg's conventions, making it easy to grasp at once the range of available texts and reducing page-by-page searching. The drawback is that the information is brief, so other sources are needed to judge editions and reading order.

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About the author

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 Author

Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) was a British novelist best known for his detective and suspense fiction. The library holds 44 of his works, including The Woman in White, The Moonstone, No Name, Armadale, The Law and the Lady and The Dead Secret. He was skilled at multiple-perspective narration and building suspense, and he addressed social issues such as identity, marriage and the law, with intricate plots and vivid characters. The Moonstone is often regarded as one of the pioneering works of modern detective fiction and has had a lasting influence on later mystery writing. It should be noted that the library's information on his nationality and life dates is limited, so this introduction relies mainly on his works and general public knowledge.