the works of a particular writer brought together into one volume or a set of volumes
the collected works of Rudyard Kipling
Examples of 'collected works' in a sentence
collected works
`And the collected works would be written by the males and the mousies.
Barnard, Robert DEATH IN PURPLE PROSE
His love of writing poetry resulted in three books of collected works.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
His first collected works were not published until 1870.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
The collected works of the tragic troubadour who continues to inspire.
The Sun (2008)
Does the world need a not yet middle-aged artist's collected works that it would take weeks to consume.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The incomplete edition of his collected works published in 1946 consists of thirty-one volumes of writingin all literary genres, mostly novels and stories.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
At 89, he is working frantically to complete the 30 volumes of his collected works, she says.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He has published more than 30 collections, a volume of short stories, two novels and four volumes of his collected works.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Written down - as in his new volume of collected works - his verse, while clever, accessible and amusing, is also undeniably ephemeral.