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Brief lives : Wilkie Collins

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Description

151 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

Wilkie Collins was one of the most popular writers in Victorian England. Au innovator of detective fiction, Collins secured his fame with sensational novels that feature intricate legal plots, mistaken identities, and complex crimes. Collins also adapted many of his most famous works, such as The Woman in White, for the stage and became a prolific dramatist. Boldly challenging the mores of Victorian society in his life as well as in his prose, Wilkie Collins' story is one of the most entertaining, and unusual of his day.
This illuminating yet succinct biography offers fresh insights into Collins' mixed race characters, his complicated family life, his collaborations with Charles Dickens, and several of his lesser-known works. Klimaszewski situates Collins within his own milieu and demonstrates how his work sparks new understandings of Victorian lives and letters. --Book Jacket.

Series Statement

Brief lives

Uniform Title

Brief lives (Hesperus Press)

Alternative Title

Wilkie Collins

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Call Number

JFD 13-371

ISBN

OCLC

276815658

Author

Klimaszewski, Melisa.

Title

Brief lives : Wilkie Collins / Melisa Klimaszewski.

Imprint

London : Hesperus, 2011.

Series

Brief lives

Brief lives (Hesperus Press)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Research Call Number

JFD 13-371