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Wilkie Collins

Born

in London, England, The United Kingdom

January 08, 1824

Died

September 23, 1889

Website

http://www.wilkiecollins.com/

Genre

Fiction, Mystery, Travel

Influences

Charles Dickens

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A close friend of Charles Dickens from their meeting in March 1851 until Dickens' death in June 1870, William Wilkie Collins was one of the best known, best loved, and, for a time, best paid of Victorian fiction writers. But after his death, his reputation declined as Dickens' bloomed.

Now, Collins is being given more critical and popular attention than he has received for 50 years. Most of his books are in print, and all are now in e-text. He is studied widely; new film, television, and radio versions of some of his books have been made; and all of his letters have been published. However, there is still much to be discovered about this superstar of Victorian fiction.

Born in Marylebone, London in 1824, Collins' family enrolled him at the M ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 295,468 ratings · 20,476 reviews · 2,378 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Woman in White really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 146,995 ratings — published 1859 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moonstone 3.91 avg rating — 89,342 ratings — published 1868 — 3615 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Name 3.94 avg rating — 9,247 ratings — published 1862 — 262 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Armadale by Wilkie Collins, John Sutherland (Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 6,493 ratings — published 1866 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice 3.44 avg rating — 6,595 ratings — published 1879 — 613 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Law and the Lady 3.79 avg rating — 2,916 ratings — published 1875 — 884 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dead Secret 3.74 avg rating — 2,434 ratings — published 1856 — 426 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Basil 3.69 avg rating — 2,183 ratings — published 1852 — 1058 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man and Wife 3.94 avg rating — 1,194 ratings — published 1870 — 258 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poor Miss Finch 3.79 avg rating — 978 ratings — published 1872 — 334 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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