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The Wilkie Collins Library

The Wilkie Collins Library

By: Wilkie Collins
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In these modern days, when the ear may wander where once only the eye could travel, The Wilkie Collins Library invites you into chambers of secrecy, suspicion, and revelation. Here are presented, in their entirety, those narratives of shadow and sensation wherein innocence trembles, truth disguises itself, and justice waits patiently to be uncovered.

By the steady glow of the lamp and the turning of each successive page, voices long silent speak again of hidden identities, perilous inheritances, devoted hearts, and crimes most cunningly contrived. Each tale unfolds as it was first told: deliberate in its suspense, exact in its detail, and resolute in its pursuit of the extraordinary concealed within the ordinary.

Attend closely, dear listener. The mystery is never far from the threshold, and the next chapter is already at hand.Public domain
Episodes
  • The Moonstone Second Period: Third Narrative X

    The Moonstone Second Period: Third Narrative X
    Apr 15 2026
    In which Ezra Jennings reveals to Mr. Blake a startling theory about his mysterious actions on the night of Miss Verinder’s birthday, proposing an unusual experiment involving the recreation of past conditions to prove his innocence in a delicate matter concerning a precious jewel. This episode unfolds with the careful laying out of notes, medical insights, and an earnest plan that seeks to blend science and subtle human observation in pursuit of truth.
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    35 mins
  • The Moonstone Second Period: Third Narrative VIII

    The Moonstone Second Period: Third Narrative VIII
    Apr 15 2026
    In which the narrator, grappling with a tangled mystery involving the missing Moonstone, embarks on a quest to uncover the truth by revisiting the past events of a significant birthday dinner, enlisting old acquaintances and contending with the limits of their memories. Meanwhile, the curious intervention of unexpected characters and the promise of a forthcoming revelation set the stage for renewed efforts and fresh inquiries in the unfolding affair.
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    32 mins
  • The Moonstone Second Period: Third Narrative IX

    The Moonstone Second Period: Third Narrative IX
    Apr 15 2026
    In which a peculiar and enigmatic medical assistant named Ezra Jennings reveals the grave illness and fragmented memory of his employer, Mr. Candy, sharing his daring efforts to restore the man’s health and his reflections on delirium and the persistence of thought despite incoherent speech. An intimate and sombre confession follows, wherein Jennings discloses the heavy burden of a cruel accusation and a looming fatal disease, before earnest discussions arise that promise to shed light on a mysterious lost recollection, leaving the narrator poised at the brink of a significant revelation.
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    36 mins
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