Mr. Lismore and the Widow by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1883. The story follows the life of Mr. Lismore, a wealthy and successful businessman, who falls in love with a beautiful widow named Mrs. Farnaby.
Spanning 100 years of British Literature, we’ve considered literally hundreds of wonderful books and come up with this amazing reading list of the Best British Books of the 19th Century.
The Cauldron of Oil by Wilkie Collins appeared in the collection My Miscellanies Vol II published in 1863.
