Keywords: Diary fiction

After Dark Wilkie Collins ISBN: Year of publication: 1999 AFTER DARK By Wilkie Collins PREFACE TO AFTER DARK. I have taken some pains to string together the various stories contained in this Volume on a single thread of interest, which, so far as I know, has at least the merit of not having been used before. The pages entitled Leahs Diary are, however, intended to fulfill another purpose besides that of serving as the frame-work for my collection of tales. In this part of the book, and subsequently in the Prologues to the stories, it has been my object ... Keywords: Diary fiction England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction English Mystery fiction Short stories