After Dark

<p style=margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Baskerville; color: rgb(0 0 0);><span style=font-kerning: none;><em>After Dark</em> is Wilkie Collins's first collection of six short stories previously published in <em>Household Words</em> a magazine edited by Charles Dickens. Collins provides a narrative framework 'Leaves from Leah's Diary'. William Kerby a portrait-painter is in danger of losing his sight and is required by his doctor to cease painting for a while. His wife Leah realizes that destitution threatens. But William is a good story-teller and Leah has the idea of writing down his stories and publishing them.</span></p><p style=margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Baskerville; color: rgb(0 0 0);><span style=font-kerning: none;>Wilkie Collins a remarkable observer of his time knows how to portray these tortured souls. This book is a classic that has kept all its charm and definitely is a brilliantly written Masterpiece</span></p>