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William Wilkie Collins | | Birth Date: |
January 8, 1824 | | Death Date: |
September 23, 1889 | | Place of Birth: |
London, England | | Place of Death: |
England | | Nationality: |
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 Biography of William Wilkie Collins
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 The English author William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) wrote intricately plotted novels of sensational intrigue which helped establish the conventions of modern detective fiction. Wilkie Collins was born in London on Jan. 8, 1824, the son of a... summary from source:
 Biography of (William) Wilkie Collins
8,526 words, approx. 28 pages
 "Make 'em cry, make 'em laugh, make 'em wait." This adage of Wilkie Collins epitomizes his success as the leading sensation novelist of Victorian England. Combining expert plotting with carefully described settings, Collins's novels define the... summary from source:
Biography of William Wilkie Collins
8,478 words, approx. 28 pages
Although best known to modern readers as the author of The Woman in White (1860) and The Moonstone (1868)—which T. S. Eliot and Dorothy Sayers have called the best English detective story—Wilkie Collins made contributions more substantial...
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 Wilkie Collins Quotes
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William Wilkie Collins ( 1824-01-08 - 1889-09-23 ) was an English novelist, playwright and writer of short stories. He was a pioneer in the writing of detective fiction . Sourced Men ruin themselves headlong for unworthy women. Man and Wife (1870)...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Wilkie Collins - (1824 - 1889) Summary
15,492 words, approx. 52 pagesWilkie Collins - (1824 - 1889) (Full name William Wilkie Collins) English novelist, short story writer, travel writer, and playwright. Considered a skillful manipulator of intricate plots, Collins is remembered as a principal founder of English... summary from source:
 Wilkie Collins Information
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William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and writer of short stories. He was hugely popular in his time, and wrote 27 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays, and over 100...
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 The Washington Post Wilkie Collins' Victorian Sensation
01/03/1988: 1,007 words, approx. 3 pagesNO NAME By Wilkie Collins (1862) LATE IN LIFE Wilkie Collins (1824-1889), a chronic sufferer from gout, became addicted to laudanum (tincture of opium), one of the Victorians' favorite anodynes. Like many a drug taken in excess, laudanum produces hallucinations, and Collins' naturally febrile... summary from source:
The Independent - London Lost debut novel of Wilkie Collins in print at last
01/17/1999: 612 words, approx. 2 pages THE LOST first novel of Wilkie Collins, one of the 19th century's most popular and influential writers, is to be published for the first time this spring. Iolani; Or, Tahiti As It Was, written by Collins when he was 20, is a gory historical...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Alison Milbank
12,630 words, approx. 42 pages
In the following essay, Milbank surveys Collins's sensation fiction, focusing particularly on his unconventional heroines and their ultimate subjugation to authorial and patriarchal authority.
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Critical Essay by Tamar Heller
12,318 words, approx. 41 pages
In the following essay, Heller examines the nineteenth-century division of sensation novels into "serious" or "popular" and "male" or "female." Heller focuses on Wilkie Collins's collection of short stories published in 1856, After Dark, to explore the way in which the presence of these divisions affected Collins's work.
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Critical Essay by Elisabeth Rose Gruner
8,695 words, approx. 29 pages
In the following essay, Gruner evaluates The Moonstone's “scathing commentary” on the secrets and hidden sins of the Victorian family.
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