The complete online text of After Dark by Wilkie Collins.

The English author William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) wrote intricately plotted novels of sensational intrigue which helped establish the conventions of modern detective fiction. Wilkie Collins was born in London on Jan. 8, 1824, the son of a successful...

"Make 'em cry, make 'em laugh, make 'em wait." This adage of Wilkie Collins epitomizes his success as the leading sensation novelist of Victorian England. Combining expert plotting with carefully described settings, Collins's novels define the excitement...

Although best known to modern readers as the author of The Woman in White (1860) and The Moonstone (1868)—which T. S. Eliot and Dorothy Sayers have called the best English detective story—Wilkie Collins made contributions more substantial tha...

After dark, Tokyo's hip Shibuya district tailor-made for the young and restless By SHARON PIAN CHAN Seattle Times Sunday, November 17, 2002 If the music is too loud, you're too old. If it's too late, you're too old. If you're in...

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An extremely rare species of tiny owl has been seen in the wild for the first time, the American Bird Conservancy said Thursday. The long-whiskered owlet, one of the world's smallest owls, was discovered in 1976. Researchers have caught a few specimens in nets after...

The first national study to interview teenagers about on-the-job dangers found many violations of federal laws, including sizable numbers performing risky tasks or working too late on school nights.Many teens said they operated hazardous equipment, received no safety training and worked alone after dark, making...