Wilkie Collins: A Brief Life
Peter Ackroyd • Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group • ISBN-13 978‑0385537391
Wilkie Collins: A Brief Life
Peter Ackroyd • Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10: 0385537395 · ISBN-13: 978‑0385537391 · 2015 · Hardcover
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Peter Ackroyd provides a concise and incisive examination of the life and literary contributions of Wilkie Collins, the Victorian pioneer of the sensation novel. By tracing the author's personal struggles and his complex relationship with Charles Dickens, Ackroyd illuminates the creative forces behind masterpieces such as The Woman in White and The Moonstone. This biographical portrait offers a focused look at the man who fundamentally reshaped the landscape of nineteenth-century popular fiction.
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