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Excerpt from After DarkI must also gratefully acknowledge an obligation of another kind to the accomplished artist, Mr. W. S. Herrick, to whom I am indebted for the curious and interesting facts on which the tales of The Terribly Strange Bed and The Yellow Mask are founded.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

After Dark is a collection of six short stories by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1856. It was the author's first collection of short stories. Five of the stories were previously published in Household Words, a magazine edited by Charles Dickens. The stories are linked by a narrative framework. At the beginning and end of the book are "Leaves from Leah's Diary": William Kerby, a travelling portrait-painter, is in danger of losing his sight, and is required by his doctor to cease painting for a while. His wife Leah realizes that destitution threatens. He is a good story-teller, and Leah has the idea of writing down his stories and publishing them. Each story has a prologue, which was added to the original story that appeared in Household Words.

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First published in the year 1856; the present book 'After Dark' is a collection of six short stories by Wilkie Collins. The stories in this volume are linked by a narrative framework. At the beginning and end of the book are "Leaves from Leah's Diary": William Kerby; a travelling portrait-painter; is in danger of losing his sight; and is required by his doctor to cease painting for a while. His wife Leah realizes that destitution threatens. He is a good story-teller; and Leah has the idea of writing down his stories and publishing them. Each story has a prologue; which was added to the original story that appeared in 'Household Words' magazine. (courtesy: wikipedia)

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