Ebook {Epub PDF} After Dark by Wilkie Collins

There are only six proper stories in the collection, sandwiched into not one but two framing narratives: Leaves From Leah's Diary, a rambling and tedious account of an artist who cannot paint because of an eye disease, and is persuaded instead to dictate stories he has heard from past sitters to his wife for publication under the title After Dark; and the framing narrative to After Dark, in which the artist 4/5(39). After Dark is Wilkie Collins's first collection of six short stories, published in Collins provides a narrative framework, 'Leaves from Leah's Diary', set in Leah Kerby's husband, William, is a poor travelling portrait-painter forced to abandon his profession for six months in order to save his sight. 'After Dark' is a collection of six of his short stories, each told from the viewpoint of William Kerby who traveled to paint portraits of paying customers. Kerby revealed that sitting for a painting can be tedious and that his subjects were inclined to reveal the circumstances of their lives, often including topics that they would not normally have shared/5(56).

After Dark. Wilkie Collins. Read After Dark today: Read classic books in daily bite-sized bits. Title: After Dark Item Condition: New. Will be clean, not soiled or stained. Books will be free of page markings. Trade Paperback. Author. Wilkie Collins. Publication Year. AFTER DARK by Wilkie Collins February, [Etext #] [This file was first posted on Septem] [Date last updated: October 6, ] **The Project Gutenberg Etext of After Dark, by Wilkie Collins** *This file should be named ftrdktxt or www.doorway.ru* Corrected.

After Dark is Wilkie Collins's first collection of six short stories, published in Collins provides a narrative framework, 'Leaves from Leah's Diary', set in Leah Kerby's husband, William, is a poor travelling portrait-painter forced to abandon his profession for six months in order to save his sight. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.doorway.ru Title: After Dark Author: Wilkie Collins Release Date: October 5, [EBook #] Last Updated: Septem Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AFTER DARK *** Produced by James Rusk, and David Widger. LibriVox recording of After Dark by Wilkie Collins. Read in English by Anna Simon; acousticwave; dg73; Molly Craig; Lilith Branda; Oliver Walton; deongines; Warren Kati; Silmaryllis; jenno; ToddHW. William Kerby is in danger of losing his sight, which would hit him especially hard as he is a painter. Only rest can preserve it, but a man must eat, and so he and his wife Leah look for other ways to generate a small income.