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Wilkie Collins


Born
in Marylebone, London, England, The United Kingdom
January 08, 1824

Died
September 23, 1889

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Charles Dickens


Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright, best known for The Woman in White (1860), an early sensation novel, and The Moonstone (1868), a pioneering work of detective fiction. Born to landscape painter William Collins and Harriet Geddes, he spent part of his childhood in Italy and France, learning both languages. Initially working as a tea merchant, he later studied law, though he never practiced. His literary career began with Antonina (1850), and a meeting with Charles Dickens in 1851 proved pivotal. The two became close friends and collaborators, with Collins contributing to Dickens' journals and co-writing dramatic works.
Collins' success peaked in the 1860s with novels that combined suspense with social critique, includin
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Average rating: 3.93 · 334,765 ratings · 25,466 reviews · 2,450 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Woman in White

4.01 avg rating — 167,061 ratings — published 1859 — 2544 editions
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The Moonstone

3.91 avg rating — 99,397 ratings — published 1868 — 30 editions
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No Name

3.96 avg rating — 10,089 ratings — published 1862 — 514 editions
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Armadale

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3.95 avg rating — 7,361 ratings — published 1866 — 548 editions
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The Haunted Hotel: A Myster...

3.42 avg rating — 8,401 ratings — published 1879 — 215 editions
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The Law and the Lady

3.79 avg rating — 3,433 ratings — published 1875 — 786 editions
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The Dead Secret

3.73 avg rating — 2,939 ratings — published 1856 — 292 editions
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Basil

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3.70 avg rating — 2,458 ratings — published 1852 — 1082 editions
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Man and Wife

3.94 avg rating — 1,477 ratings — published 1870 — 125 editions
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Poor Miss Finch

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3.79 avg rating — 1,244 ratings — published 1872 — 338 editions
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“The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!”
Wilkie Collins, Armadale

“My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.”
Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

“Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.”
Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

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