Armadale (127 page)

1876

January–September:
The Two Destinies
serialized in
Temple Bar;

 

15 April:
Miss Gwilt,
a dramatic version of
Armadale,
opens at

 

the Globe Theatre; August:
The Two Destinies
published in

 

volume form

1877

29 August:
The Dead Secret
opens at the Lyceum Theatre; 17

 

September:
The Moonstone
opens at the Olympic Theatre;

 

December ‘My Lady's Money' published in the
Illustrated London News

1878

June–November:
The Haunted Hotel
published in
Belgravia

 

Magazine;
published in volume form in November

1879

1 January–23 July:
The Fallen Leaves – First Series
serialized in

 

World; 7
April:
A Rogue's Life
published in volume form; July:

 

The Fallen Leaves – First Series
published in volume form; 13

 

September–30 January 1880:
Jezebel's Daughter
serialized in the

 

Bolton Weekly Times
and other regional newspapers owned by

 

William Tillotson

1880

March:
Jezebel's Daughter
published in volume form; 2

 

October–26 March 1881:
The Black Robe
serialized in the
Sheffield

 

and Rotheram Independent
and other Tillotson titles

1881

April: The Black Robe
published in volume form; December:

 

A. P. Watt becomes Collins's literary agent

1882

22 July–13 January 1883:
Heart and Science
serialized in the

 

Manchester Weekly Times
and other regional newspapers;

 

August–June 1883:
Heart and Science
serialized in
Belgravia

 

Magazine

1883

April:
Heart and Science
published in volume form; 9 June:
Rank

 

and Riches
opens at the Adelphi Theatre, and is a failure; 15

 

December–12 July 1884:‘
I Say No
' serialized in the
Glasgow

 

Weekly Herald
and other regional newspapers

1884

January–December: ‘
I Say No
' serialized in
London Society
;

 

October:
‘I Say No'
published in volume form

1885

28 August: Tommie, Collins's dog, dies; 30 October:
The Evil

 

Genius
performed once at the Vaudeville Theatre for copyright

 

reasons; 11 December–30 April 1886:
The Evil Genius
serialized

 

in the
Leigh Journal and Times
and other Tillotson titles

1886

September:
The Evil Genius
published in volume form; 15

 

November:
The Guilty River
published in volume form

1887

May:
River Novels,
a collection of short stories, published in

 

volume form

1888

February. Moves to 82 Wimpole Street with Caroline Graves;

 

17 February–29 June:
The Legacy of Cain
serialized in the
Leigh

 

Journal and Times
and other Tillotson titles; November:
The Legacy

 

of Cain
published in volume form

1889

30 June: Suffers a stroke; 6 July–28 December:
Blind Love

 

serialized in the
Illustrated London News
, completed by Walter Besant

 

after Collins's death; 23 September: dies at 82 Wimpole Street;

 

27 September: funeral at Kensal Green Cemetery; 24 October:

 

auction of furniture and effects

1890

January:
Blind Love
published in volume form; 20 January:

 

auction of library and manuscripts; 22 February: auction of

 

pictures and drawings; February:
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle

 

Apprentices
published in volume form by Chapman and Hall

1895

June: Caroline Graves dies and is buried with Collins

1919

Death of Martha Rudd