Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
5. One. Families (1788-1822) 1
6. Two A Happy Family (1823-1835) 19
7. Three. Educations (1836-1840) 37
8. Four. The Prison at the Strand (1841-1847) 55
9. Five. Publication ( 1847-1851) 75
10. Six. 'The Fire of Artistic Ambition'(1851-1852) 95
11. Seven. The Sorcerer and the Apprentice (1852-1853) 115
12. Eight. In the Sorcerer's Footsteps (1853-1854) 131
13. Nine. The Setting-up of a Balloon (1855-1856) 147
14. Ten. The Frozen Deep (1856-1858) 165
15. Eleven. Secret Connections (1858-1859) 187
16. Twelve. The Woman in White (1859-1860) 205
17. Thirteen. At the Top of the Tree (1860-1862) 227
18. Fourteen. No Name (1862-1864) 247
19. Fifteen. Armadale: The Self and the Shadow (1863-1866) 263
20. Sixteen. 'Wild yet domestic': Wilkie's family mysteries (1867-1868) 285
21. Seventeen. The Moonstone (1867-1870) 303
22. Eighteen. After Dickens (1870-1872) 319
23. Nineteen. Wilkie and the Theatre (1871-1874) 333
24. Twenty. America (1873-1874)
25. Twenty-one. The Law and the Lady (1874-1879) 367
26. Twenty-two. The Unknown Public (1878-1885) 385
27. Twenty-three. The Final Years (1885-1889) 407
28. Twenty-four. The Journey's End (1889) 427
29. APPENDIX A. Charles Collins' 'Secret Connection' 435
30. APPENDIX B. Wilkie Collins' Travelling Desk 439
31. APPENDIX C. Wilkie Collins' First, Unpublished Novel 441
32. References 445
33. Bibliography 479
34. Index 493