After Dark

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After Dark is a collection of short stories by Victorian author Wilkie Collins, framed by a narrative about an artist whose wife records his tales as he loses his eyesight.

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instanceOf book
short story collection
author Wilkie Collins NERFINISHED
authorFullName William Wilkie Collins NERFINISHED
authorNationality British
containsStory The Angler’s Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange NERFINISHED
The French Governess’s Story of Sister Rose NERFINISHED
The Lawyer’s Story of a Stolen Letter NERFINISHED
The Nun’s Story of Gabriel’s Marriage NERFINISHED
The Professor’s Story of the Yellow Mask NERFINISHED
The Traveller’s Story of a Terribly Strange Bed NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstPublicationYear 1856
frameStoryProtagonistGender male
frameStoryProtagonistOccupation artist
frameStorySpouseRole recorder of his tales
frameStoryTheme loss of eyesight
genre short stories
hasAuthorOccupation novelist
short story writer
hasForm prose fiction
hasFramingNarrative yes
hasLiteraryForm framed narrative
hasMedium print
hasNarrativeDevice stories told aloud and written down by the wife
hasStructure stories linked by a frame story
hasTheme crime
fate
identity
marriage
mystery
vision and blindness
isPartOf Victorian sensation fiction tradition
language English
literaryGenre sensation fiction
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
mainFrameCharacters an itinerant portrait painter and his wife
numberOfStories 6
originalLanguage English
publisher Smith, Elder & Co. NERFINISHED
settingPeriod 19th century

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Wilkie Collins notableWork After Dark