num_pages: 383
description: Wilkie Collins established a reputation for himself as a highly readable storyteller. This engaging collection spanning thirty years displays his characteristic powers with twelve short stories from a number of genres. He explores the uncanny peculiarities of everyday life, as well as itsunderside, offers haunting ghost stories, and makes an important contribution to the newly emerging form of the detective novel.
language: English
title: Mad Monkton And Other Stories
titlecomplete: Mad Monkton And Other Stories
genres: British Literature, Short Stories, 19th Century, Classics, Fiction, Mystery, Victorian
ratings_count: 119
publisher: Oxford University Press