Wilkie Collins's My Miscellanies gathers essays, stories, and reflective pieces that show the author's range beyond the sensation novel. Collins moves from observation to anecdote to fiction with a lively, conversational voice, often pausing to look at books, people, and social habits from an oblique angle. The collection gives a fuller sense of his wit and curiosity. It also shows how easily he shifts between amusement and critique.
Wilkie Collins treats miscellany as a flexible form for testing ideas and telling stories that do not fit a single mold. The pieces are light on their feet but attentive to character, and they reveal how often his sharp eye for incident is paired with a taste for irony. The book works like a cabinet of varied literary gestures.
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