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Wilkie Collins
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- ISBN
- 9780701169909
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Wilkie Collins
- Item Height
- 204mm
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Genre
- Biographies & True Stories
- Item Width
- 143mm
- Item Weight
- 323g
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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Short and oddly built, with a head too big for his body, extremely short-sighted, unable to stay still, dressed in colourful clothes, 'as if playing a certain part in the great general drama of life', Wilkie Collins looked distinctly strange. But he was none the less a charmer, befriended by the great, loved by children, irresistibly attractive to women -- and avidly read by generations of readers. Ackroyd follows his hero, 'the sweetest-tempered of all the Victorian novelists', from his childhood as the son of a well-known artist to his struggling beginnings as a writer, his years of fame and his life-long friendship with the other great London chronicler, Charles Dickens. A true Londoner, Collins, like Dickens, was fascinated by the secrets and crimes -- the fraud, blackmail and poisonings -- that lay hidden behind the city's respectable facade. He was a fighter, never afraid to point out injustices and shams , or to tackle the establishment head on. As well as his enduring masterpieces, The Moonstone -- often called the first true detective novel -- and the sensational The Woman in White, he produced an intriguing array of lesser known works. Collins had his ow
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Vintage Publishing
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9780701169909
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Book Title
Wilkie Collins
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
208 Pages
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204mm
Item Width
143mm
Item Weight
323g
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United Kingdom
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