Audiobooks by Wilkie Collins

Stolen from the forehead of a Hindu idol, the dazzling gem known as "The Moonstone" resurfaces at a birthday party in an English country home - with an enigmatic trio of watchful Brahmins hot on its trail. Laced with superstitions, suspicion, humor, and romance, this 1868 mystery draws readers into a compelling tale with twists and turns ranging from sleepwalking to experimentation with opium. The suspense and drama is heightened as the narrative passes from one colorful character to the next. Wilkie Collins' masterpiece is particularly distinguished by the appearance of Sergeant Cuff, a prototype of the English detective hero and the harbinger of a popular tradition of sleuthing.

Wilkie Collins (Author), Moonstone Cast, The Moonstone Cast (Narrator)

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Classic Tales of The Paranormal

Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Various Authors, Wilkie Collins (Author), Robin Bailey (Narrator)

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The Woman in White: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

Toby Stephens and Juliet Aubrey star in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Wilkie Collins’ chilling Gothic dramaA lonely stretch of road on Hampstead Heath is the venue for Walter Hartright’s midnight first encounter with a mysteriously distressed figure in white. As he helps the woman to escape from unnamed pursuers, he has little understanding of the way she will affect his future. At Limmeridge House, in Cumberland, Walter meets and falls in love with Laura, who strangely resembles the woman in white. She, however, is soon to marry the financially embarrassed Sir Percival Glyde. Events at Limmeridge take a surprising turn when Anne Catherick arrives, and Walter recognises her as the mystery figure. It appears that Anne’s recent incarceration in a mental asylum was at the behest of Sir Percival, who is all too aware of the secret she holds. More than one life will be lost before Walter’s mystery of the woman in white can be fully explained. A strong cast brings Wilkie Collins’ tale to life in this BBC Radio 4 production, recorded on location at Beacon Hill, London in 2001

Wilkie Collins (Author), , Juliet Aubrey, Toby Stephens (Narrator)

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La dama de blanco

Este Audiolibro, entre el misterio y la novela policíaca, realmente convierte en placer el escuchar la lectura. Os lo aconsejamos para escucharlo en un viaje largo, paseando o realizando cualquier tarea automática: os gustará.El joven Walter Hartright va a trasladarse a Limmeridge para dar clases de dibujo a Laura, una rica heredera, sobrina del barón Frederick Fairlie. Poco antes de dejar Londres, tropieza con una misteriosa dama vestida de blanco, que le habla de Limmeridge y de su propietaria fallecida, la señora Fairlie.Desde el principio Walter siente una gran atracción por Laura, prometida con sir Percival Glyde, un hombre sin escrúpulos que sólo busca arrebatarle su herencia. Solo se interpone en su camino la misteriosa dama de blanco...Esta novela de Wilkie Collins cuenta con una trama argumental magníficamente desarrollada, que envuelve al lector en una atmósfera de misterio e intriga. Conforme avanza la historia crece el ritmo narrativo y la profundidad psicológica de los personajes. Junto a otra obra de Collins, La piedra lunar, ha sido considerada por público y crítica como una de las mejores novelas de misterio de todos los tiempos.

Wilkie Collins (Author), Emilio Villa (Narrator)

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The Moonstone: Penguin Classics

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Jessie Buckley, Richard Cordery, Julian Wadham, David Sturzaker, Hugh Fraser, Bruce Alexander, Oscar Batterham, Matthew Spencer, James MacCallum, Stewart Clarke and Jot Davies. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Sandra Kemp. The Moonstone, a priceless yellow diamond, is looted from an Indian temple and maliciously bequeathed to Rachel Verinder. On her eighteenth birthday, her friend and suitor Franklin Blake brings the gift to her. That very night, it is stolen again. No one is above suspicion, as the idiosyncratic Sergeant Cuff and the Franklin piece together a puzzling series of events as mystifying as an opium dream and as deceptive as the nearby Shivering Sand. T. S. Eliot famously described THE MOONSTONE as 'the first, the longest and the best of modern English detective novels', but, as Sandra Kemp discusses in her introduction, it offers many other facets, which reveal Collins's sensibilities as untypical of his era. (c) 1868, Wilkie Collins (P) 2019 Penguin Audio

Wilkie Collins (Author), Bruce Alexander, Hugh Fraser, James Maccallum, Jessie Buckley, Jot Davies, Julian Wadham, Matthew Spencer, Oscar Batterham, Richard Cordery, Stewart Clarke (Narrator)

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The Moonstone

Claimed as the first detective story in the English language, Wilkie Collins weaves his classic mystery through a series of narratives by various characters in the book who had first hand knowledge surrounding the disappearance of a large valuable yellow diamond (the Moonstone) from the room of its young owner, Rachel Verinder. Miss Verinder was bequeathed the diamond by a ne'er-do-well uncle who looted the jewel from the statue of the Hindu Moon God during the siege of Seringapatam-since which, Hindu Priests were bound and determined to recover the diamond and return it to its rightful place in the forehead of the statue of the god. AUTHOR Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (1824 - 1889) was a very popular Victorian novelist and a close friend and collaborator of Charles Dickens. Collins was a prolific writer, publishing not only novels, but many plays, short stories and works of non-fiction. The son of a successful landscape artist, Collins developed a early interest in storytelling to disarm bullies at boarding school. As a child, Collins lived and traveled throughout Europe, and to please his father, became a lawyer. All major influences on his writing. Collins sold his first short story at 19, his first novel at 24. Collins had a very successful career as a master of suspense with a distinct narrative voice, filled with social commentary. Wilkie Collins never actually practiced law, but his knowledge profoundly impacted his writing and he is considered one of the godfathers of the ""Detective Novel"". COMMENTARY Reviews for Alcazar AudioWorks' production of The Moonstone My mom read The Moonstone in the 20's and I have read it several times... but this version read by Mr. Thorn was pure enjoyment.... It is a very long story, along the lines of the Cantebury Tales, but being a classic the plot has been duplicated in modern movies.... viewpoints of various witnessess.... that is what makes a true classic: It withstands all the duplication, and remains wonderful. Thank you for presenting it to us. Listener Review - Audible.com ""What a mystery should be."" After listening to The Woman In White, I was anxious to see if this could meet that standard. I enjoyed this story even more. The characters in The Moonstone were more ""real"" to me. Even though there were two very minor blips in the editing of the narration, the narration itself was excellent. I gave a lot of thought in this selection since there are several editions of this book and was never disappointed in David Thorn's performance. If you like mysteries, I would highly recommend this selection. Listener Review - Audible.com "

Wilkie Collins (Author), David Thorn (Narrator)

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The Woman in White

"There, in the middle of the broad, bright high-road-there, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped from the heaven-stood the figure of a solitary woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments."-from the bookThus young Walter Hartright first meets the mysterious woman in white in what soon became one of the most popular novels of the nineteenth century. Secrets, mistaken identities, surprise revelations, amnesia, locked rooms and locked asylums, and an unorthodox villain made this mystery thriller an instant success when it first appeared in 1860, and it has continued to enthrall readers ever since. From the hero's foreboding before his arrival at Limmeridge House to the nefarious plot concerning the beautiful Laura, the breathtaking tension of Collins's narrative created a new literary genre of suspense fiction, which profoundly shaped the course of English popular writing.Generally considered the first English sensation novel, The Woman in White features the remarkable heroine Marian Halcombe and her sleuthing partner, drawing-master Walter Hartright, pitted against the diabolical team of Count Fosco and Sir Percival Glyde. A gripping tale of murder, intrigue, madness, and mistaken identity, Collins's psychological thriller has never been out of print since its publication in 1860.While Collins's other great mystery, The Moonstone, has been called the finest detective story ever written, it was this work that so gripped the imagination of the world that Wilkie Collins had his own tombstone inscribed: "Author of The Woman in White." "Collins was a master craftsman, whom many modern mystery-mongers might imitate to their profit." -Dorothy L. Sayers, best-selling mystery author

Wilkie Collins (Author), John Lee, Judy Geeson, Roger Rees, Rosalyn Landor, Various, Various Readers (Narrator)

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The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins (Author), James Langton (Narrator)

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The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins (Author), Josephine Bailey, Simon Prebble (Narrator)

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The Woman in White

Considered to be one of the first bestselling mystery novels, The Woman in White was a huge commercial success when it was first published and the riveting tale has continued to enthrall readers ever since. Mistaken identities, locked rooms, madness, and romance these are a few of the ingredients the author used to inspire "the 'creepy' effect, as of pounded ice dropped down the back," that, according to one of his friends, was Wilkie Collins's aim in writing The Woman in White. Popularly regarded as one of the author's finest works, and widely copied by other writers, this thriller was the prototype for a whole new genre of fiction: the "sensation novel." A scheming nobleman, a beautiful heiress, and, of course, the enigmatic woman in white a mysterious figure confined to an asylum for the insan are the featured players in an intricate, compelling story that was acclaimed by Henry James and T. S. Eliot.

Wilkie Collins (Author), Group (Narrator)

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The Evil Genius [With eBook]

Wilkie Collins (Author), John Bolen (Narrator)

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The Two Destinies

George and Mary were childhood friends. But then George's father discovers his thirteen-year-old son feels true passion for his bailiff's daughter. Determined to end the affair, George's father sacks the bailiff and takes his son to America. Years later George returns to his native Suffolk to trace his lost love. Though she has long gone, George is determined to find Mary at any cost.

Wilkie Collins (Author), Samuel West (Narrator)

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