Editing Wilkie Collins (section)

==1860s==
According to Collins's biographer Melisa Klimaszewski, 
<blockquote>The novels Collins published in the 1860s are the best and most enduring of his career. ''[[The Woman in White (novel)|The Woman in White]]'', ''[[No Name (novel)|No Name]]'', ''[[Armadale (novel)|Armadale]]'', and ''[[The Moonstone]]'', written in less than a decade, show Collins not just as a master of his craft, but as an innovater and provocateur. These four works, which secured him an international reputation, and sold in large numbers, ensured his financial stability, and allowed him to support many others.{{sfn |Klimaszewski |2011 |p=67}}</blockquote>

''The Woman in White'' was serialised in ''[[All the Year Round]]'' from November 1859 to August 1860 to great success. The novel was published in book form soon after and reached an eighth edition by November 1860. His rising success as a writer allowed Collins to resign his post with ''All the Year Round'' in 1862 and focus on his novels. While planning his next novel, ''No Name'', he continued to suffer from gout, which began to affect his eyes. Serial publication of ''No Name'' began in early 1862 and finished in 1863. By that time Collins was having difficulty controlling the amount of laudanum he was taking for his continual gout and became addicted.{{sfn |Klimaszewski |2011 |pp=70–77}}

At the beginning of 1863, he travelled with Caroline Graves to German spas and Italy for his health. In 1864, he began work on his novel ''Armadale'', travelling in August to the [[The Broads|Norfolk Broads]] and the village of [[Winterton-on-Sea]] to do research for it. It was published serially in ''[[The Cornhill Magazine]]'' in 1864–1866.

His play ''[[No Thoroughfare]]'', co-written with Dickens, was published as the 1867 Christmas number of ''All the Year Round'' and dramatised at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] in the [[West End theatre|West End]] on 26 December. It enjoyed a run of 200 nights before being taken on tour.{{sfn |Klimaszewski |2011 |pp=77–84}} ''The Moonstone'' was serialised in ''All the Year Round'' from January to August 1868. His mother, Harriet Collins, died in that year.<ref name="Cain"/>