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Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright and short story writer best known for The Woman in White (1859) and The Moonstone (1868). The last has been called the first modern English detective novel. Born to the family of a painter, William Collins, in London, he grew up in Italy and France, learning French and Italian. He began work as a clerk for a tea merchant. After his first novel, Antonina, appeared in 1850, he met Charles Dickens, who became a close friend and mentor. Some of Collins's works appeared first in Dickens's journals All the Year Round and Household Words and they collaborated on drama and fiction. Collins achieved financial stability and an international following with his best known works in the 1860s, but began suffering from gout. Taking opium for the pain grew into an addiction. In the 1870s and 1880s his writing quality declined with his health. Collins was critical of the institution of marriage: he split his time between Caroline Graves and his common-law wife Martha Rudd, with whom he had three children.

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British writer (1824-1889)

Born 8 Jan 1824
Died 23 Sep 1889

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  • Cover of: The lady of Glenwith Grange.

    First published in 1947 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Miss Gwilt: a drama in five acts. (Altered from the novel of "Armadale".)

    First published in 1875 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Queen of Hearts, and Mr Lepel and the Housekeeper

    First published in 1900 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Qui a tué Zebedee?: nouvelles

    First published in 1995 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Sister Rose, or, The ominous marriage

    First published in 1855 — 2 editions
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    First published in 2022 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Dickens-Collins Christmas Stories: Comprising No Thoroughfare and the Two Idle Apprentices

    First published in 2022 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The woman in white: a drama in a prologue and four acts : altered from the novel for performance on the stage

    First published in 1871 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Highwayman and Mr. Dickens: An Account of the Strange Events of the Medusa Murders

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  • Cover of: Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices: No Thoroughfare. the Perils of Certain English Prisoners

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  • Cover of: Who killed Zebedee?: and, John Jago's ghost

    First published in 2002 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Miss or Mrs?; The haunted hotel ; The guilty river

    First published in 1999 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Memoirs of the life of William Collins, esq., R. A.: with selections from his journals and correspondene.

    First published in 1848 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The moonstone: with illustrations by William Sharp

    First published in 1948 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Hide-and-seek ; or, The mystery of Mary Grice

    First published in 1861 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The new Magdalen: a novel

    First published in 1900 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone, the Haunted Hotel, My Lady's Money (Great Classic Library)

    First published in 1994 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Book of the Sleuth: fourteen classic tales of mystery & suspense

    First published in 1986 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The New Windmill Book of Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century

    First published in 1995 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Novels of mystery from the Victorian age: four complete unabridged novels

    First published in 1946 — 2 editions
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British writer (1824-1889)

Born 8 Jan 1824
Died 23 Sep 1889

Subjects

Fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, general, Social life and customs, Classic Literature, English literature, Mystery, England, fiction, Detective and mystery stories, English Detective and mystery stories, Children's fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, English fiction, Fiction, crime, Fiction, romance, general, History, Short stories, American literature, Fiction, short stories (single author), Manners and customs, Romans, nouvelles, American Horror tales, Fiction, psychological, Married people, fiction

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England, London, Toledo, Great Britain, Paris, London (England), 221B Baker Street, Angleterre, Australia, Baker Street, Cornwall (England : County), France, Ireland, Italy, Abbey Grange, Alabama, Alpha Inn, Bastille Prison, British Museum, Brixton, Cambridge, Canada, Carlisle, Carrock Fell, Chesterfield

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Father Time, John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Wilkie Collins (1824-1889), C. Auguste Dupin, Minister D—, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Archie, Duncan Ross, Jabez Wilson, John Clay, Mr. Merryweather, Police Inspector Jones, Vincent Spaulding, Alaric, Alexandre Manette, Annabel Lee, Arthur Conan Doyle, Baker Street Irregulars, Berenice, Billy Weaver, Breckinridge, Brently Mallard, Catherine Cusack, Charles Darnay

Time

19th century, 1890, 1789-1799, 1793, 1800s, 1850-1870, 1861-65, 1868, 1870, 1889, 18th Century, 18th century, 1900s, Carnival, December, Empire, 284-476, Germanic invasions, 3rd-6th centuries, Jin dai, Revolution, s. XIX

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January 13, 2025 Edited by raybb Edited without comment.
September 25, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
May 3, 2023 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
December 2, 2022 Edited by Drini merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import