After Dark
- First published
- 1873
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"After Dark" by Wilkie Collins is a collection of six short stories first published in 1856. The tales are united by a framing narrative: a portrait-painter forbidden from working must rely on his wife to transcribe his stories for publication to avoid destitution. Each story—featuring terribly strange beds, stolen letters, and mysterious masks—comes from a different narrator, creating a tapestry of suspenseful tales originally published in Charles Dickens's magazine Household Words.
- England
- Diary fiction
- Short stories, English
- Mystery fiction
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #1626. After Dark on Wikipedia.
