"The Fortuna is blown off course in the South Pacific and visits an uncharted Polynesian island. While trading with the local inhabitants, the Captain falls in love with the Priest's daughter, Aimata. He plans to bring her to England but she is drowned during a volcanic eruption. The Captain now hates the sea and will never marry."—<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.wilkie-collins.info/books_little_novels.htm">Wilkie Collins Information Pages</a>
Supernatural elements in the form of Polynesian sorcery. Originally published as 'The Captain's Last Love' in The Spirit of the Times, 23 December 1876; and Belgravia, January 1877.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| 1887 | Little Novels | Chatto & Windus | Collection | 223|2223 | |
| 1977 |
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Little Novels | Dover Publications | Collection | 139 |
| 1994 |
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Mad Monkton and Other Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | 333 |
| September 1998 |
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The Dream-Woman and Other Stories | Phoenix | Collection | 148 |
| October 2008 | Little Novels | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| July 2009 |
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The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 3 | Leonaur Ltd | Collection | |
| July 2009 |
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The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 3 | Leonaur Ltd | Collection | |
| July 2020 |
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HYNH+ Vol. III. Nr 3/4 | GSF | MAGAZINE | 95 |
| January 2024 |
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Doomed Romances: Strange Tales of Uncanny Love | British Library Publishing | Anthology | 125 |