Wilkie Collins
- Books on site
- 2
- Total words
- 441,000
- Reading time
- 24.5 h
- Years covered
- 1860–1868
- Longest
- The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) was Charles Dickens’s closest friend and most gifted imitator, and then he stopped imitating him. The novels collected here are the ones that outlived the fashion they were written for: The Woman in White, the sensation novel that made him famous in 1860, and The Moonstone, the 1868 mystery that is usually called the first English detective novel.
The Collins novels on this site are free in EPUB, AZW3 and KEPUB. They are long — 245,000 and 196,000 words — because they were written for serial publication, and they are best read the way they were first read, a chapter or two at a time.
Every Wilkie Collins title on editions.ink
In publication order, with word counts and reading time. The list is generated from the book pages themselves, so a new release appears here automatically.
The Woman in White
The Moonstone| Year | Title | Words | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | The Woman in White | 245,000 | ~16 h |
| 1868 | The Moonstone | 196,000 | ~13 h |
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Questions readers ask
How many Wilkie Collins books are free on editions.ink?
There are 2 editions on the site, together about 441,000 words, or roughly 29 hours of reading. Each page has the full text as EPUB, AZW3 and KEPUB.
What is the best Wilkie Collins book to start with?
The Moonstone (1868): it is a full novel but the most approachable of the long ones, at about 13.1 hours.
Are these editions complete or abridged?
Complete. The text comes from the public-domain transcription and is checked against the printed edition named on each book page; nothing is cut, modernised or annotated away.
Which format should I download?
EPUB is the safest default for phones, tablets, Kobo and most reading apps. AZW3 suits older Kindles, and KEPUB is the Kobo-native format with better page-turn and footnote handling on a Kobo device.
Do I need an account or an app?
No. The download links are direct files served from the site; no account, newsletter or paywall is involved.
How long does The Woman in White take?
About 16.3 hours at 300 words per minute for 245,000 words — the longest title on this page. The whole list runs to roughly 29 hours.
Part of the author index and the complete catalogue. Every book page carries the full text, chapter summaries, characters, themes and the download links.